My battle with prostate cancer cells lasted six weeks. My battle with doctors and insurance companies lasted one year and four months.
Question: Insurance
I have heard from a professional at the University of Florida Proton Therapy Institute that the entire cancer industry in the United States is built around the research of 10 years of studies. No one wants to take any action on anything in the US until a 10-year study has been completed. That is the […]
Question: Cost
At one point during the year and four-month battle that I was having with doctors and insurance companies, I had reached the point where I was so discouraged that I thought I might as well just pay for the whole treatment out of pocket avoiding the insurance companies and their bureaucracy. I asked a woman […]
FINALLY
Today, Friday, February 24, 2023 I learned that the start date for my proton therapy will be Monday, March 13th, 2023. Because of insurance issues it has taken me a year and five months to get the treatment that I wanted for my cancer. There is something definitely wrong with this system. Nancy and I […]
The Ambassador
In a previous post, I mentioned the Proton Ambassadors list. There was one person on the list of 300 from Vero Beach and I sent him an e-mail, but I never heard back. I wanted to talk with someone in Vero Beach because I had some questions related specifically to Vero. Fortunately, the list also […]
Not Just My Problem
I thought I was the only one going through this waiting, postponing, delaying, lingering, and denial of service, but it must be a significant issue otherwise, why would a hospital take out a large ad in the front section of our local newspaper? The sentence that struck me was,” we believe that no one should […]
Demoralization Syndrome
It’s not just the patients. “Doctors have long diagnosed many of our sickest patients with “demoralization syndrome,” a condition commonly associated with a terminal illness that’s characterized by a sense of helplessness and loss of purpose. American physicians are now increasingly suffering from a similar condition, except our demoralization is not a reaction to a […]
Necessary Tools for Dealing With Insurance
Waiting For Good News
February 1st is the date we are anticipating. This is the date I should be out from under the burden of a Medicare Advantage plan and back to Medicare with supplemental insurance. This is the date my providers should see an insurance company they will accept. This is the date when my cancer treatment program […]
Needless to say, I’m not in Jacksonville.
This, for the most part, is due to problems associated with my health care insurance. Nancy and I have been dealing with these problems for over a year and they have caused a lot of stress and frustration. In addition, we have spent hundreds of hours on the phone and while working with insurance companies, […]
Delayed Again!!
Thursday, January 13, 2023, and my cancer treatments have been delayed again because of insurance issues. I have a 20-page log that documents my struggles, and this was the first entry, dated October, 2021: “I have had several above-normal PSA readings while under the care of my primary care physician. He was not overly concerned […]