BurtRepLogo02.gif (3938 bytes)

 

Real Independence In Health Care

 
Reprinted from:  Forbes, April 30, 2001, pp.39

There can be no greater demonstration of the need for patient independence than when someone becomes ill and their health plan denies the very treatment prescribed by their physician and states that "it is not medically necessary."  Where can one turn for help?  Answers which do make sense actually exist.