Comments on: Wellness Initiatives http://www.uncoveringpamela.com/blog/2008/04/23/wellness-initiatives/ Learning To Live After Losing A Person Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:35:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Skye-Lynn http://www.uncoveringpamela.com/blog/2008/04/23/wellness-initiatives/comment-page-1/#comment-3180 Skye-Lynn Mon, 10 Nov 2008 00:35:40 +0000 http://www.uncoveringpamela.com/blog/2008/04/23/wellness-initiatives/#comment-3180 You know, the thing that gets me the most is that Ernest's insurance will pay for products to help you quit smoking, but they refuse to pay for anything remotely weight related. It's so bad that my doctor has to be extremely careful how he codes my visits because they are that quick to deny the claim! And this is from someone who is 145 pounds overweight, but does not have high cholesterol, does not have diabetes and does not have high blood pressure. Essentially, I'm "healthy". But, if I so much as go to the dr. for a sinus infection, the insurance wants to refuse my claim becasue it may be related to my weight! What a joke! You'd think they would want to help people lose weight so their health cost would go down and in the long run they would be more productive for the company. You know, the thing that gets me the most is that Ernest’s insurance will pay for products to help you quit smoking, but they refuse to pay for anything remotely weight related. It’s so bad that my doctor has to be extremely careful how he codes my visits because they are that quick to deny the claim!

And this is from someone who is 145 pounds overweight, but does not have high cholesterol, does not have diabetes and does not have high blood pressure. Essentially, I’m “healthy”.

But, if I so much as go to the dr. for a sinus infection, the insurance wants to refuse my claim becasue it may be related to my weight! What a joke!

You’d think they would want to help people lose weight so their health cost would go down and in the long run they would be more productive for the company.

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