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lu ann · 11-06-2005, 08:58 PM

I had to go ahead and have procedures done before I got pre-certification from the insurance company. Cancer cells don't stop growing while you wait for approval. I think if you pay something toward your medical bills they cannot garnesh your wages or take away your home.

We just have to keep fighting like we did for mamograms. I had my first mamogram in 1987 at age 31. I decided to have it because my mother had pre-menapausal breast cancer and later died from a recurrance. Mamograms were not automatically covered by women under 40 years old at that time. I was dx. with fibrocystic breasts so it was covered. Four years later I was dx. with stage 1 BC.

We are the fortunate ones who have insurance. I am grateful, but every year our premiums go up and our benefits go down. Not fair.

All we can do is try to vote the right people into our government who truly want to work for the people and not just collect their big pay checks.

Love and Blessings, Lu ann.

11-06-2005, 08:58 PM	#7
lu ann Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Streetsboro, Ohio Posts: 365	I had to go ahead and have procedures done before I got pre-certification from the insurance company. Cancer cells don't stop growing while you wait for approval. I think if you pay something toward your medical bills they cannot garnesh your wages or take away your home. We just have to keep fighting like we did for mamograms. I had my first mamogram in 1987 at age 31. I decided to have it because my mother had pre-menapausal breast cancer and later died from a recurrance. Mamograms were not automatically covered by women under 40 years old at that time. I was dx. with fibrocystic breasts so it was covered. Four years later I was dx. with stage 1 BC. We are the fortunate ones who have insurance. I am grateful, but every year our premiums go up and our benefits go down. Not fair. All we can do is try to vote the right people into our government who truly want to work for the people and not just collect their big pay checks. Love and Blessings, Lu ann.