The topic for this month’s Diabetes Social Media Advocacy blog carnival gives us a chance to tell our insurance companies what we’d like them to pay for, in an ideal world of diabetes coverage. As we all know, diabetes sure can be expensive. Insurance can help take away some of the financial burden, but sometimes the things we want, or more importantly need, are just not covered by insurance. This month’s DSMA carnival is a fill in the blank prompt to get us thinking:
I wish my insurance company paid for _________because ______________.
Our trio wanted to each offer a snapshot of how we’d fill in those blanks!
Amy:
I’m taking a slightly different tact here: My big wish for health insurance companies is that they would do away with the “smoke and mirrors” and start communicating clearly with their members for once! My family has changed providers no less than 5 times in the last 7 years or so, and every time we join up, the new company sends us a HUGE packet of unintelligible information. I’m talking about a thick folder containing a glossy-print 78-page “Members Guide,” full-color fold-out brochures, and multiple stacks of stapled info sheets. All I basically want to know is: What’s my co-pay for a doctor’s visit? Can I see any doctor, or only the ones in your network? And how much of my prescription med costs will be picked up by you, Insurance Co.?
