2006-10-26 16:10:36 · 10 answers · asked by cpmira 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Insurance
No.
If it's medically necessary, you CAN appeal the decision, but if it's cosmetic, your best bet is to find a wealthy boyfriend.
2006-10-27 01:50:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe. Grant Funds for Alternate Non-Emergency Services Providers: Effective January 1, 2007, Public Law No. 109-171 Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 Section 6043 Emergency Room Co-payments for Non-Emergency Care, provides for a new State Option for Permitting Hospitals to Impose Cost Sharing for Non-Emergency Care Furnished in an Emergency Department. As part of this provision grants funds are authorized to establish alternate non-emergency services. The grant funding amount is $50,000,000 over four years. http://www.cms.hhs.gov/
2006-10-26 23:40:32 · answer #2 · answered by JFAD 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It really depends - you really didn't provide enough information - like the kind of surgery.
But here's a starting point - first see if your doctor will contact the insurance and prove that the surgery is medically necessary (i.e. livesaving or something) and see if the insurance will pay for it anyway - sometimes they do. The only times they really don't is if it's cosmetic or what they deem experimental treatment.
Otherwise, contact a social worker at the hospital where the surgery will be performed - they often have funds for people who are underinsured.
2006-10-29 11:29:28 · answer #3 · answered by zippythejessi 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Government has created a portal to help individuals who need benefits because of life events. Visit http://www.govbenefits.gov
Use the drop down button
DO YOU NEED BENEFITS BECAUSE OF A LIFE EVENT?
Choose the life situation best applicable to you and then see if you qualify for the available government assistance.
Forget grant money - there's hardly any money for individuals. Go to the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) and Grants.gov - these are two sites created by the federal government to provide transparency and information on grants. But you'd be hard pressed to find any grant that would support individuals.
The government is NOT in the business of giving away free money for the sake of giving away money. There are no grants for paying bills, no grants for paying off credit cards, no grants for getting out of debt and no grants for simply fattening your wallet.
Grants are free, but it means OBLIGATION. You will be obligated to do as the grant sets out to do. Grants have objectives, and your purpose must fit the objective of the grant.
For one, you have to write the grant application and the grant application is not a simple document - you have to explain how your purpose for applying for the grant fits well with the objectives set out by the grant.
There is a stringent review process through a committee. You will compete with other applicants for the grant money, and this grant review committee will evaluate the merits of each proposal. Only those that they feel exemplifies the objective of the grant will be approved.
You can go to the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) http://www.cfda.gov and Grants.gov http://www.grants.gov - these are two sites created by the federal government to provide transparency and information on grants. Browse through the listings and see if you can find any grant that would support your purposes.
Even if you buy books on "how to get grants" or list that supposedly has information on grants -- all of them are mere rehash of what CFDA has, albeit packaged differently.
Note though that these grants generally support non-profit organizations, intermediary lending institutions, and state and local governments. Most of the federal grants are given to specific target groups with specific requirements (e.g. minority business owners involved in transportation related contracts emanating from DOT - Grant#20.905 Disadvantaged Business Enterprises Short Term Lending Program. Individuals especially for personal purposes are not eligible for federal grants.
Grants are also often given to non profit groups or organizations involved in training or other similar activities (grant 59.043 Women's Business Ownership Assistance that are given to those who will create women's business center that will train women entrepreneurs
2006-10-27 07:17:29 · answer #4 · answered by imisidro 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A lot of doctors will work with you if you pay cash. My aunt had hernia surgery a few weeks ago and paid cash. It cost about $1500.00 total
2006-10-26 23:19:45 · answer #5 · answered by Laurie H 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What type of operation and how much does it cost? Also, what state are you in?
2006-10-26 23:17:52 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to http://www.grants.gov/ to see what grants are available, if any, and how you can apply for them
2006-10-27 10:16:16 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends if it is elective surgery. You really have to be poor to get assistance.
2006-10-26 23:54:51 · answer #8 · answered by Kelly T 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hmm,maybe you can.
2006-10-27 01:38:38 · answer #9 · answered by heidisimenson 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO
2006-10-26 23:12:35 · answer #10 · answered by cork 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋