In my two June, 2011 posts titled “Why Health Insurers Don’t Pay and What You Can Do About It,” I had promised a future post to describe “an actual, real-life, frustrating and ultimately successful attempt to get health claims paid.”  I began that story in my last post (“A Real Life Example: Chapter 1”), will complete it in this post, and will review lessons learned from our story in Chapter 3, with reference my June posts.

In my two June, 2011 posts titled “Why Health Insurers Don’t Pay and What You Can Do About It,” I had promised a future post to describe “an actual, real-life, frustrating and ultimately successful attempt to get health claims paid.”  Now that the summer delay is over, here is Part 1 of that real life post!  I’ll tell and analyze this story in 3 chapters.  Today’s Chapter 1 will cover the first half of the drama (or perhaps comedy of errors), Chapter 2 will complete the story, and in Chapter 3, I’ll review “Lessons Learned” from our story, with reference to pointers from my June posts.

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