Re: Question about insurance coverage for labs and also or Goldb

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We get the lab tests sent to us from Dr. and we take it to our local

doctor who agreed to do it so that our insurance would pay for it totally. We

did all the blood work in one visit and had the results sent to us and to Dr.

who interpreted them for us. I like that he looked at all of the

results and paperwork BEFORE we saw him. We were cautious and didn't want to

spend all that time and money flying down to Texas (from MN) just to be told

there was nothing in the bloodwork. He did find immune system abnormalities and

we did fly down to see him. We had to pay $500 for the office visit, but

submitted a receipt to our insurance and it was paid by insurance because we had

our local doctor write a referral to see him. We pay $175 for phone consults

about every 6 weeks. Insurance won't pay for that, so we use special waiver

money to help pay for that. Dr. will want to see our son again in person

once a year at least. Dr. listened to all our concerns and seems very

willing to help us out whenever we have questions.