Today I
had an appointment with Dr. Karami of Kaiser Permanente. My sister and I were
told that I had a better chance of getting Kaiser to cover my surgeries if I
had Dr. Karami on my side. So we went to talk with him. Right off the bat, he
was on our side. It was honestly a little bit too good to be true. I kept
waiting for him to turn on us during the conversation. But he didn’t. Dr.
Karami kept saying how he hated how money was a huge factor to why Kaiser didn’t
cover a lot of surgeries. He believed that the patient’s quality of life should
always be the #1 factor in these types of decisions. My sister and I were very
excited that we finally had someone in the Kaiser system on our side.
Unfortunately, in all the excitement we forgot to ask him to write a letter to
Kaiser saying he supported our appeal and to sign it. Because later I learned
from my sister that she called Kaiser and Dr. Karami had changed his mind. We
figure that he had a talk with Dr. Jenkins or other top chair people and they
convinced him to not side with us. So if you are ever in this type of
situation, no matter what, get whoever you just got on your side to write their
consent and to sign it right away and for you to get a copy!!
So I
got a plan with BlueCross. I made sure to call one of their representatives to
make sure that my surgeries would be covered by my plan and a huge chunk would
be. We are still going to try to get Kaiser to cover my surgeries, but in case
they don’t I need to have back-up insurance.
Oh, and
we set the dates for my surgeries: September 14, 21, and 28. Three more months
and this whole ordeal will be over!
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