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Re: Claim for Vaniqa denied
From: Janice (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 05 Sep 2001 18:57:24 +0000
THERE MUST BE AN APPEAL PROCESS,USE IT!!!
FIGHT TO THE END!!!
JANICE SOUDER-PRICKETT
ELITE CATERING
>From: anonymous@obgyn.net (Anne)
>Reply-To: anonymous@obgyn.net
>To: Multiple recipients of list PCOS <anonymous@obgyn.net>
>Subject: Claim for Vaniqa denied
>Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 11:15:09 -0500
>
>I am fuming! I just received a letter from the Paychex, denying my claim
>for Vaniqa. As an optional work benefit, I could sign up for a Flexible
>Spending Account, described as a “budgeting tool that helps take care of
>expenses not covered by a comprehensive benefit plan such as day care,
>dental and optical care deductibles, co-pays, and prescription drugs”.
>The employees' premium contributions are automatically deducted from
>their salaries before taxes are taken out, so in the end you end up
>saving over 30%.
>
>They denied my claim under IRS publication 502, which clearly states:
>“You can include in medical expenses amounts you pay for prescribed
>medicines and drugs. A prescribed drug is one that requires a
>prescription by a doctor for its use by an individual. You can also
>include amounts you pay for insulin. Except for insulin, you cannot
>include in medical expenses amounts you pay for a drug that is not
>prescribed. “
>
>Vaniqa is a prescription medicine! They pay for day care and massages,
>for God's sake! This is so unfair! What can I do?
>
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