The skinny on health insurance and social networking
- added February 5, 2008
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- Scott_Bromley
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Certain women have been denied health insurance by Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield because of online writings and posts pointing to “emotional” causes of disorders such as bulimia and anorexia.
But why would this matter whether it was emotionally or biologically based? Here’s the catch:
The insurer is only required to pay for illnesses that are biologically based, so they are attempting to prove through Facebook, Myspace, etc. that the reasons behind them are purely emotional.
But why would this matter whether it was emotionally or biologically based? Here’s the catch:
The insurer is only required to pay for illnesses that are biologically based, so they are attempting to prove through Facebook, Myspace, etc. that the reasons behind them are purely emotional.
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- Scott_Bromley
- 8 months ago
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Well. This made me want to be careful what I type right here.
So I'll just say... yeah.-
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- mockrevolution
- 8 months ago
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...and it was California Blue Cross Blue Shield that made our experience living hell. If you think your coverd, you may want to think again.
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Please tell your stories for the record as many times as possible. Michael Moore has a great repository for health care horror stories too.
http://www.my3cents.com/search.cgi?industry=HINS&ca...
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