Ok a gripe......  My ex-insurance co...  I fought like hell, with the help of inside people  (I worked in a Drsoffice) to get an AFO.  NO NO NO  It was deemed not because it wasn'tt a short-term thing.  I saaid EXCUSE ME...... CP is lifetime and I'd think you'd be more apt to want something of this nature to be utilized for more than a few weeks or months.  And the aggreement mentioned that they DID cover AFO's.  I wrote letter after letter............  finally got the best of me and couldn't deal with it any longer.  They were just a bunch of ()&$#*()es!



On Thu, 19 April 2001, "greer.bobby" wrote:

>
> Kathy S.
>
>        In our society today, where everything is becoming viewed as a
> "disease", why not CP? Of course, these other things, i.e., addiction; are
> termed disease for one purpose only, insurance reimbursement. CP is a chronic
> condition, not a disease or an illness.
> Just my opinion and you know what they say about opinions. LOL
>
> Bobby
>
> K. Salkin wrote:
>
> > I admit, that when I first read this question, my impulse was to fire off a
> > quick and snappy response such as "are you kidding?  Of course not?"  But
> > actually it's not a bad question.  I'd bet if you asked a group of non-CP
> > people this question, most of them would get it wrong.
> >
> > I'd also bet most non-CP folks (or more accurately able-bodied) would see us
> > as diseased, not having a nonprogressive condition.
> >
> >         Kathy S.
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Kathy Jo Pink" <[log in to unmask]>
> > > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2001 8:21 PM
> > > Subject: A Question
> > >
> > >
> > > > Is Cerebral Palsy an illness?
> > >




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