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Anorexics: Losing Weight and… Medical Insurance

Recently I posted a blog about the death of anorexic high fashion model Ana Carolina Reston. According to medical reports, Reston, a 21-year-old Brazilian model, weighed only 88 pounds at the time of her death. Doctors at the hospital where Reston was pronounced dead said she “succumbed to a generalized infection caused by anorexia nervosa.” Her family is currently trying to lobby the modeling industry to address eating disorders in an effort to help save other lives. I thought about Reston the other day when I read that many insurance companies are forcing families into a life-or-death struggle for coverage. … Continue reading →

Viewpoint: Health Insurance Dictates Treatment Options.

I may have been an insurance agent in my past, and I might even understand all the reasons, actuary calculations, and claims adjustment issues involved from the companies point of view. But, I am also a consumer of the very products I seem to understand from the other point of view. As a consumer most often my understanding of insurance has helped me make better risk management decisions, deal with limitations of claims and all the other insurance ins and outs. There is one area however, I have faced problems and confusion over and that is when health insurance dictates … Continue reading →