So Charles, basically BCBS violated polity by paying for your procedure with is not approved and was done out of country!

I can only wonder what "mis-statements" were used to make your procedure seem medically expedient in Mexico. Thanks for helping keep medical care from your fellow citizens Charles. I hope that helps you sleep better at night!

Did BCBS also pay for your travel to/from Mexico? Lodging for anyone who traveled with you?

Shalom

D,
I think that Geico commercial says it all....."WHAT!?!?!"

We also had a positive experience with BCBS. My son was taken by his grandparents to an emergency room in a "third world state" and the Hospital would not even look at our insurance card because he was not "from there". Well we paid FULL price up front for him to be seen and BCBS promptly paid us back for his visit. NO questions asked!

I am tired of being bullied by the Hospitals! They have us as customers between a rock and a hard place. My cousin who is a nurse and who works for a hospital calls it "God syndrome".

Maybe if the US hospitals started having some competition from neighboring communities (countries) that our health care would become more affordable!

The National news just last night announced that the uninsured percentage of working Americans has increased by the millions! I would have never guessed with all of the increases the Hospitals in Greensboro are trying to impose.

I think we found the 4 million more uninsured people that the news is reporting. They are right here in the Triad!

Enjoy that money you got from BCBS while you can, as undoubtedly, BCBS made an error in payment - AGAIN!!! and should be requesting it back. I'm sure if you read your SPD (Summary Plan Description) carefully, you will find that "investigational" procedures are not covered, nor is "elective" surgery or procedures in a foreign country!!! As for "bsw" -- your son was treated for an "emergency" in a foreign country, which is usually covered. You have to pay up front, but it's usually reimburseable. Back to BCBS -- they paid out millions of dollars in a scam originating in Southern California a couple of years ago called "Rent-a-Patient", which of course, is not recoverable.

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Well, let's hear from the "America is Better than Anyone" crowd on this story! Can't wait to see their comeback on surgery done in Mexico with better results!! They've already villified Canada and Cuba on healthcare, it will be a jokefest to hear them take on this operation.

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If healthcare in Mexico is so great, then why are all the Mexicans down at Moses Cone?