Someone close to me is currently disabled. But her insurance company is trying to cut off her benefits. I am helping her fight this. She has taken an EMG and the results said that "findings are suggestive of bilateral ulnar motor neuropathy at the elbows, mild bilateral distal and median sensory neuropathy."
But the insurance doctor said these were negative results, because, he claims, "suggestive" means the test didn't find anything. He went even further and said "Suggestive means it's what the patient tells you," not what the test found.
Is this correct? I'd definitely appreciate a great answer. I'm pretty sure sure suggestive is close to a positive finding, if not a positive one. Also, suggestive can't be what the patient tells you, at least not in this case. In this case, the patient does not even know what these medical terms mean.
Thanks a lot.
2007-07-17
07:57:34
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