Semantics

My scan was not “preventative;”
Instead it was “routine.”
Insurance will not pay it
If it’s somewhere in between.

But can someone please explain
How any X-ray, scan or test
Can be thought of as “routine?”
I think that this should be addressed.

Every dental check-up, mammogram
Or colonoscopy
Has a purpose – to prevent a problem
That might come to be.

So denying reimbursement
Seems a pure display of antics,
Swindling unsuspecting patients
By resorting to semantics.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2016



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Date: 10/14/2016 2:56:00 AM
Semantics indeed, but semantics with big consequesnces... I hope you will get reimbursed eventually!
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Date: 10/13/2016 5:12:00 PM
Keep fighting them, ask for their supervisor, eventually they will give in if you're persistent.
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Date: 10/13/2016 4:58:00 PM
We are lucky we don't have to get insurance for scans etc but pay via our national health contributions but I agree routine scans should be available free of charge:-) hugs Jan xx
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Date: 10/13/2016 4:49:00 PM
Mrs Ilene, I agree 100%. Insurance is the biggest legal scam there is. I love the poem. Just plain common sense, which they happen not to have.
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