I need a back surgery: I'm on Medicare and united health care as secondary.I want the "minimally invasive"

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type of surgery-but medicare won't pay these "high brow " neurosurgeons.IS THERE ANY WAY I could get united deemed "PRIMARY" FOR THIS SURGERY-if anyone out there is good with financial stuff, which I'm not ,please help-I've had this horrible pain for 17 years!

Answer 1

Sorry that you are having problems with your back and challenges in figuring out insurance issues!

Since you are on Medicare, I will make an assumption that you are over 60. If you are, there is a source of information and help as close as your local Area Agency on Aging. These groups are one of the best kept secrets around for older Americans and their families who are seeking information on Medicare and care-giver questions. There is one serving every community of the United States. The folks there specialize in listening to the concerns of seniors and their families and truly know about benefits and rules related to Medicare and other programs. If they don't know something, they will know the best place to go for the answer. .

You can call toll-free 1-800-677-1116 to find how to contact the area agency on aging serving where you live.

After you get the phone number for your local Area Agency on Aging and make the call, ask for the staff that handles "Information and Assistance."

If you do contact your local Area Agency on Aging and like the help that they give you, let your local county officials and your folks in Congress know. Or consider making a contribution to support their work. Area Agencies on Aging don't have big budgets-- and appropriations for the Older Americans Act, the legislation that makes this help possible-- have not increased significantly for about 25 years!

If you are under age 60, it might be worth your time to connect with your area agency on aging anyway and ask the folks there for helpful experts who might provide you with assistance.

Hope this helps! Best wishes and Good luck!