Diabetic Blogs - Join the Online Diabetic Community!

Is anybody out there familiar with the BCBS Conversion system?  I am insured under BCBS of PA until the end of this month, and BCBS FL will not accept me because I have the diabetes.  However, they said I can keep the same coverage that I have but just convert it to BCBS FL, however it is pricey, and nobody would give me a price.

Is anybody out there doing this or know anything about this?  Sorry this is such a short post, but I have a lot of phone calls and denials to go through.

This post is a desperate post.  I am now getting closer to having no insurance coverage what so ever!  I was already told by BCBS of Florida that there is nothing they can do for me.  Please if anybody out there has some type of coverage in Florida, please tell me my options.  I never really had to deal with anything because I was always fully covered.

 Please help!!!!

First, thank you for those that left me messages in regards to my insurance issues. I guess I am in for a long fight to try to survive. I guess all I really need is to have them cover doctors visits because luckily I have access to supplies, theres a reason this company’s logo is on my blog, they are keeping me alive! I have some other things that I need to take care of that are more immediate then the insurance, so I will keep you all updated when I get back that battle.

On a better note, we kicked butt last night in the bowling league. We took all 7 points. We were bowling against the team that I hated the most so I was so glad that we took all 7. We were in dead last 2 weeks ago, and we said we were going to make the greatest come back on bowling league history, and we have moved up 13 spots in 2 weeks to 11th place.

My parents will be coming down here for my graduation in about 2 1/2 weeks. So, I will have the whole week off of work and be able to spend some good time with mom, dad, brother, and sister-in-law. I still haven’t really said that too much, even though they have been married since November. I don’t really get a chance to talk to either one of them since I live in Florida now and they are still in PA. I talked to one of my best friends from high school the other day, and I said I will keep in touch more often because I really do miss talking to all the guys and the rest of my family. I need to dedicate one day to call all of them.

Well, I need to get back to work for a little.

Bye Bye Insurance. Effective June 1, 2008 I will no longer be covered for my pump supplies, just my insulin. I will still get my insulin though, I don’t understand insurance. My medication is covered, but the supplies to the machine I need for the medication I don’t get covered. What would I do without my back up company I have been using for my diabetic supplies that I have had to order on the side because my insurance tells me how often I need to test a day. I started out volunteering and helping them out with local events and fundraisers and now do more stuff with them.

For the past several months I have been saying to myself, I am so lucky to have insurance because I don’t know what I would do if I was in the situation that the people calling in, were in…. ordering their supplies with their own money. I really don’t know what I am going to do. Graduating college isn’t as hyped up as it seems. You don’t get your degree in the mail for like 2 months, you get hit with $100,000 student loans, your parents’ insurance coverage plans drop you, and you have to work full time to try and cover those bills. Lucky to have graduated huh?

Any suggestions, help, comments, been through it already?