Re: Desperate for Help - Digest 1926

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Ann:

I hope I'm not butting in, but I'd like to add my two cents.

is soooo right. I would add: send it 'return receipt requested' that

way the USPO will return a receipt with the signature of the person who

signed for it to you

Just because you sent it doesn't mean they received all of it. What if the

package was damaged in transit?

Just because you sent it in doesn't mean they didn't loose something after

they received it. Stuff gets discarded, obliterated and misfiled every day.

Good idea to number all the pages you send 1 of 27; 2 of 27, etc. Upon

receipt you can ask them to count all the pages. Put an index at the front

of what you send; the index should be the list of what they require, next to

that item put the page number so they can easily locate it in the packet.

Make certain they're not playing a 'semantic game' with you. To them does

obesity mean 'obesity' or does it mean 'morbid obesity.'

Make sure you get all the denials in writing.

Judith in Seattle

Desperate for Help - Digest 1926

> and other MGB'ers

>

>

> >>Yes. You have to find out what their criteria is that they use to

> >>establish that the surgery is medically necessary.

>

> The criteria is......having hypertension for example.

>

> >>The packet that was sent to them is MISSING something -- one or more

> >>things. It could be something like they require a psychological

> >>evaluation, or proof that you have been on medically supervised diets in

> >>the past.

>

> They have all that information.

>

> >>Don't go off on a tangent sending them all sorts of nonsense they didn't

> >>ask for and don't need and don't send them your life story.

>

> I just stuck to the reason I was making the appeal for.

>

> >>But ask. Demand to know what was missing. Get that. Send it in.

>

> I just can't create health problems that I don't have at this point in my

> life. I guess they don't consider obesity as being a health problem. I

> may not have hypertension right now. I am SURE that I will get it

sometime

> in the near future.

>

> >>Before you send it, get the name, department, and phone number of a

> >>person to send it to and the correct mailing address. Mail it to that

> >>person, by name and department, and by certified mail.

>

> I have already done this.

>

> >>Also get a fax number. Fax it to them with a COVER PAGE that is

> >>specifically addressed to the person who's name and department and phone

> >>number you got.

>

> I have already done this.