#3. the Mayo Clinic - who's paying? wait, how much?

Well, we just got word that our health insurance DENIED the approval for Jamie to get treated at the Mayo Clinic.  We had to pay $3000 just to talk to the initial head doctor, and now another $8500 for the initial testing they have planned.  As of now it's going on the credit card, but where will it end?  I feel like we're gambling with the skills of the doctors at the clinic. . . "i got $11500 says they'll figure it out in the first couple days!"  This is so overwhelming it's almost comical.

We are going to continue to hound Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield to try to get our appeal to move along faster, and hopefully we'll get approved the second time around.  If not - hopefully our house sells soon - because Mansfield Village Apartments are sounding really nice right about now.

This is the type of sweet deals you get from insurance companies. . .

On a good note, the doctor(s) that reviewed all of her previous records were impressed with our (Jamie's) organization, and said they had a lot to work with already.  Apparently there were a few 'red flags' from prior testing that were never followed up on (great in-network doctors).  They are going to do some general testing along with some area-specific testing based on previous findings and inclinations they have already.  Thank you VISA for making this all possible.