Deformity Cosmetic Surgery

Insurance companies should not be able to call something that fixes a deformity cosmetic surgery because of health related concerns and self esteem issues. In July of 2006, a little bundle of joy was brought into this world by the name of Gabriela Sunshine Hatton and this is her story. It was a very warm day in July of 2006 one of the hottest days on record in fact. When little Gabriela Sunshine Hatton was born. She was four weeks early but was born a healthy seven pounds five ounces and 21 ½ inches long. As the nurses clean her off and her very proud mother and father look on the nurses discover she has an ear missing. Of course, this prompted many doctors in and out of the room and many questions asked. “Were you on any medication while
They are not so inclined to pay for the hearing aids themselves. When you do get them to pay for some hearing device, it is not always conducive to a child that is very active because it always wants to fall off and then the child does not want to wear the hearing aid at all. There is also the concern that although insurance will pay for most of the surgeries, they do not always make it easy to get the surgeries covered with all of their wording and requirements the process is quite lengthy. It could take up to six months to get the surgeries approved in the first place as long as the wording is correct. Another words the request to do surgery in no way can it imply that it is a cosmetic surgery. It has to be put in as a reconstructive surgery and your insurance provider can still choose to kick the request back as unacceptable or elective surgery. Given all the cost involved the other issue you can run into is that you can reach the cap on how much your insurance will cover in one year as well this can sometimes make it difficult to do everything that needs to be done in the time frame given if you have too much done in one calendar year. These insurance companies need to be more understanding about the quality of life and giving children the full potential to succeed in the less than understanding world we live in. Insurance companies not wanting to pay or make you jump through hoops before they will pay needs to stop. What are the premiums we pay going for anyway? Gabriela is now 3 ½ and she is your typical 3 ½ year old you know the kind. She may be 3 ½ but she is going on 13. She has a long road ahead of her but she is a strong little girl with a very big heart. She often refers to her ear as being broken and she has informed everyone that she wants to be an ear nose and throat doctor when she grows