YMMFI

I’m not really surprised that Blue Cross denied paying for IVIG. I am, however surprised that they denied it as “medically unnecessary”. So, let me get this straight, I’m sick, 5 Doctors, all of which are heads of their respective departments and in various specialties agree that IVIG is the treatment I need yet it’s not medically necessary? Given the time of the year and my condition, it’s possible I could end up hospitalized again for something, it seems like a bi-annual thing (2005 then 2007) so we’ll see. I can’t imagine it’s going to be cheaper for a 5 day hospital stay than it is for IVIG. I saw the bill that they paid for 2007, $25,000 bucks for 5 days.

What is frustrating is that it’s not as if the doctors are suggesting the newest medication out there or some new treatment that is expensive because it’s new. This is the only treatment available for CVID. Am I supposed to simply go on antibiotics forever and ever until they stop working and hope for the best? Hell, maybe I should just not be around people at all, that’d be cheaper then antibiotics wouldn’t it? Not that it makes any difference but neither Crohns nor CVID is something I did to myself, it’s not as if I was taking risks and doing things that put me in this position. I’m not asking for the world here Blue Cross, I’m asking for the treatment that a well regarded research hospital has said will make me feel better.