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My background is in employee benefits. It should not matter that you've been covered by a succession of plans...just that you've been covered for the previous 180 days with no breaks in coverage. You should have received a HIPAA Certificate from each of the prior plans that shows the dates you were enrolled (as you will probably need to prove at some point that you had continuous coverage). If you do not have copies of them, you should start contacting the prior plan administrators now to get copies (I believe they are legally oibligated to provide them to you).
Regarding your other questions, you should follow Lolly's advice above and contact the plan's Customer Service number to get your answers.
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Diagnosed 10-03-2005 (34 wks pregnant, 38 yrs old)
Lumpectomy Nov-2005. 10/18 Lymph Nodes impacted
Mets to liver, spine & femurs (thus being stage IV right from the get-go)
ER-, PR-, HER2+
Taxol/Herceptin/Zometa started Dec-2005. 11 cycles of Taxol.
Sept-2006: PET/CT scan of mets to liver, spine and femurs - Stable. Activity in R breast & mediastinum (not seen in prior scans).
Navelbine (3 wks on/1 wk off) as of Oct--2006 & continued Herceptin (every 3 wks) & Zometa (every 6 wks)
Jan-2007: PET/CT Scan - Stable. Continued Nav. through March-2007, then Herc./Zom. only after that.
June-2007: PET/CT Scan - activity in mediastinum. Back on Navelbine as of July-2007.
Scanned Quarterly since Oct-2007 - a few small scares, but otherwise stable due to continuing weekly Navelbine, Herceptin and Quarterly Zometa.
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