Hello,
Congratulations on beating UHC for your Lumbar ADR surgery. We are fighting the same battle with UHC over claim denial.
I'm 18 years old and have needed ADR for over a year. I had microdiscectomy surgery summer of 2011 after UHC denied ADR surgery at that time (and denied all our appeals). The disc started bulging again by October 2011 and was fully herniated by March 2012.
I am scheduled for ADR surgery this Friday, May 25, and my family has pulled money out of college savings to pay for it. UHC has again denied coverage this year, and denied the peer-to-peer review.
We have contacted several media outlets and customer advocates, a lawyer's office specializing in insurance bad faith cases, the Synthes ProDisc PAL. We will be picketing the UHC office in Cypress, CA this Wednesday May 23 from 11 AM to 1 PM.
At this point we want UHC to not only cover my procedure, but also change their policy so others can have Lumbar ADR without having to go through this nightmare.
I've set up a facebook page - search 'BackMyBack' with my story.
I would love to talk or email you directly to find out more about your story, your recovery experience after surgery, and find out how you are doing 6 months after surgery.
Thanks
http://www.facebook.com/BackMyBack