Sometimes, no hardware is considered medically necessary, whether it is or isn't actually necessary. Some insurance specifically excludes all hardware.
Some insurance is just fussy. Mine wouldn't cover Celebrex for ages. It is expensive, but they wanted me to continue naproxen or ibuprofen, even though I'd been on them for a long time and was getting stomach pain, and my doctor considered me at risk for gastric bleeding. It was almost as if the company would have preferred to pay for stomach repair than Celebrex.
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Date: 2002-01-05 12:00 pm (UTC)Some insurance is just fussy. Mine wouldn't cover Celebrex for ages. It is expensive, but they wanted me to continue naproxen or ibuprofen, even though I'd been on them for a long time and was getting stomach pain, and my doctor considered me at risk for gastric bleeding. It was almost as if the company would have preferred to pay for stomach repair than Celebrex.