3 ms·
In case you have a health insurance - many plans provide a free yearly preventive care doctor visit, which include basic blood lab work. I took advantage of it
by pauljurczak 9y ago
In case you have a health insurance - many plans provide a free yearly preventive care doctor visit, which include basic blood lab work. I took advantage of it many times with different insurance companies.
- exhilaration 9y agoWhen I asked my doctor (in the US) for a vitamin D test earlier this year, he told me he would be happy to write the prescription but my insurance would most likely not cover it. He said so many people are getting it that insurance companies have started denying the claim unless there was a genuine medical need. I went elsewhere for it, see my other comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15869485 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15869485
- batter 9y agoI'm not sure it applies to US where Health Insurance is rather russian roulette when you need coverage. Not sure about Aetna, but BlueCross is pretty clear: "BCBSNC will provide coverage for testing serum vitamin D levels when it is determined to be medically necessary because the medical criteria and guidelines noted below are met." https://www.bcbsnc.com/assets/services/public/pdfs/medicalpolicy/testing_serum_vitamin_d_levels.pdf https://www.bcbsnc.com/assets/services/public/pdfs/medicalpo... I just recently have been struggling with coverage of Vitamin D test for kid with Celiac.