 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | I have heard from many that BC/BS is the worst insurance out there. This is just yet another confirmation of that. Will they pay for HBO if she has to have the uppers extracted?
Amy, who is your carrier? I would imagine Aetna.
I wouldn't let them get away with this.
Periodontal disease and poor hygiene are one thing. I can understand their rationale to not replace teeth lost due to disease for these reasons.
Losing your (otherwise healthy) teeth because they were extracted in a hospital as part of cancer treatment should be another matter.
Gary Allsebrook
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Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
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