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Dying anorexia patient, 25, is denied treatment for the disorder by her insurance company who...
DAILY MAIL UK ^
| May 25, 2018
| Jessa Schroeder For Dailymail.com
Posted on 05/25/2018 8:40:38 AM PDT by Morgana
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posted on
05/25/2018 8:40:39 AM PDT
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Morgana
To: BykrBayb; little jeremiah
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woman with anexoria denied health insurance overage.
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posted on
05/25/2018 8:42:27 AM PDT
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Morgana
( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
To: Morgana
I don't get how anorexia is treated, medically. So, does it take a doctor sitting in front of "patients" saying, "eat, eat, you're skin and bones!"?
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posted on
05/25/2018 8:44:48 AM PDT
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fwdude
(History has no 'sides;' you're thinking of geometry.)
To: BykrBayb; little jeremiah; Salvation; metmom; Mrs. Don-o; Chode; MNDude
Is Karen Carpenter’s brother still alive? That is the very person who needs to weigh in on this story!!!
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posted on
05/25/2018 8:45:08 AM PDT
by
Morgana
( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
To: fwdude
Mental heath as well as physical and it’s VERY HARD to treat.
Do you remember Karen Carpenter of “The Carpenters”? She had a beautiful voice and she died of this!!!
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posted on
05/25/2018 8:46:15 AM PDT
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Morgana
( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
To: Morgana
Is the story giving the skinny or what?
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posted on
05/25/2018 8:46:44 AM PDT
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Rurudyne
(Standup Philosopher)
To: Morgana
Food is so yummy, and women are so beautiful, I will never understand anorexia or homosexuality.
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05/25/2018 8:47:31 AM PDT
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MNDude
To: Morgana
I went through this nightmare,and it IS a nightmare,38 years ago when little help was available.
We were lucky and sought help early,looking at this young woman makes me very sad.
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05/25/2018 8:48:28 AM PDT
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Mears
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posted on
05/25/2018 8:50:13 AM PDT
by
little jeremiah
(Half the truth is often a great lie. B. Franklin)
To: Morgana
It would appear Richard Carpenter is still alive.
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posted on
05/25/2018 8:50:18 AM PDT
by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: Rurudyne
Oh that’s so wrong! So very wrong! LOL
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posted on
05/25/2018 8:50:51 AM PDT
by
DannyTN
To: Morgana
is insured by Georgia Medicaid, a modest medical assistance program co-funded by the state and federal governmentIt is actually entirely "funded" by the taxpayers of Georgia and the United States of America.
The question for everyone here is, "do you believe the people who are paying the bills should have a say (through their elected representatives) over what they will and won't pay for?"
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posted on
05/25/2018 8:50:52 AM PDT
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Jim Noble
(The more you tighten your grip, the more star systems will slip through your fingers)
To: Morgana
but doctors fear they are running out of effective options for the young woman - who has whittled to a frightening 58 pounds.
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posted on
05/25/2018 8:50:58 AM PDT
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Bloody Sam Roberts
(Get in the Spirit! The Spirit of '76!)
To: Mears
That it is - people really dont understand about it until they are a part of it. I used to be in the just eat more crowd. I understand so much more now. It really is a nightmare
To: Morgana
A few years ago I watched two good documentaries on Anorexia (so, of course, that makes me an expert).
It’s heartbreaking and takes a special, very knowledgeable doctor to work with these patients. Merely getting them to eat something is pointless. Their self-worth is so low that it goes beyond a mental illness and is really an emotional illness.
They must be nurtured back to health slowly and with great care. I have no idea how an insurance company would know how to count the cost of such care.
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05/25/2018 8:51:30 AM PDT
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Skooz
(Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us)
To: fwdude
I would imagine it’s a 12 step program just like the AA and NA. If the patient is willing to help herself she could sign herself in at a state mental facility in Georgia.
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05/25/2018 8:51:30 AM PDT
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LauraJean
(sometimes I win sometimes I donate to the equine benevolent society)
To: Morgana
So none of these medical centers think her life is worth spending their own money on, but they’ll gladly ask for yours.
The obvious problem here is that the anorexia is a cry for attention. So she’s never going to voluntarily give it up UNLESS it no longer works as an attention-grabbing measure.
By lavishing her with attention, they are ensuring her problem will never be cured. This is massive positive reinforcement to a mental problem - big time malpractice if you ask me.
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posted on
05/25/2018 8:52:19 AM PDT
by
thoughtomator
(Number of arrested coup conspirators to date: 0)
To: LauraJean
So, again, why is this deemed “medical?” Talking with other people can be done outside a medical setting.
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05/25/2018 8:52:38 AM PDT
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fwdude
(History has no 'sides;' you're thinking of geometry.)
To: Jim Noble
The question for everyone here is, "do you believe the people who are paying the bills should have a say (through their elected representatives) over what they will and won't pay for?" Death panel by taxpayer?
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posted on
05/25/2018 8:52:44 AM PDT
by
BlessedBeGod
(To restore all things in Christ~~Appeasing evil is cowardice~~Francis is temporary. Hell is forever.)
To: MNDude
Food is so yummy, and women are so beautiful, I will never understand anorexia or homosexuality. Ditto.
How a man can look at a woman and still prefer a man is inconceivable to me.
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05/25/2018 8:53:03 AM PDT
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Skooz
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