Making Them Pay : How to Get the Most from Health Insurance and Managed Care
Author: Rhonda Orin
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ISBN: 0312267606
Publisher: Griffin Trade Paperback (14 April, 2001)
Sales Rank: 89,898
Average Customer Rating: 4.67 out of 5
Customer Reviews
Rating: 5 out of 5
practical and funny
This how-to is blessed with two cardinal virtues: it's very, very practical, and very, very funny. For Rhonda Orin, fighting a health insurer over a coverage denial or a short payment seems to be like fox-hunting for an English nobleman: a joy to be studied with relish and pursued at every opportunity. Recalcitrance or feigned incompetence on the part of an insurer only stimulates her to fight harder -- and this book spells out, with a connoisseur's surehandedness, every step in the process of "making them pay." The book is also an excellent guide to choosing an insurance plan, if you're lucky enough to have a choice, and to reading the policy with an eye to hidden costs and hidden exclusions. As for the humor, Ms. Orin writes about insurers as if they're incorrigible children -- children she knows very, very well.
Rating: 2 out of 5
Don't be fooled by the title
I bought this book thinking it would help with my insurance company pay my claims they denied (no names, but their initials are Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Georgia). It wasn't helpful in that way. This book seems to focus on people who actually have a choice on picking what insurance they want. It doesn't help the 99.9% of employees who don't have any choice on what insurance plan they're offered.
The book clearly explains all the ins and outs of insurance companies, but is little help in "making them pay."
Rating: 5 out of 5
Librarian's Recommendation
Rhonda Orin's book on health insurance is very informative as it offers clear, concise advice on how to deal with health insurers. From a reference librarian's perspective possibly the most useful part is the mandatory benefits list of all 50 states. There is also humor in the cartoons and text, always a good way to break the ice when dealing with such an ornery topic. Highly recommended. Similar Products
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