Making Them Pay How to Get the Most from Health Insurance and Managed Care

Most people don't understand health insurance, and insurance companies know it.Unfair denials, late payments and hopeless confusion are the norm.At last, there is a solution.In eight easy steps, Making Them Pay gives practical advice about the things that drive people crazy.Like:* Figuring out what health plans really say * Understanding what benefits they provide* Finding, and understanding, the exclusions* Determining what health plans really cost* How to talk to customer service, and other painful details* Easy ways to keep good records* Laws that can change your life - like the mandatory-benefits laws in all 50 states* How to prepare successful appealsAlong with this useful advice, Making Them Pay offers a much-needed sense of humor. It's filled with cartoons, sidebars and vignettes that will make you laugh as you learn. Based on Rhonda Orin's extensive experience as a litigator, a journalist and a mother fighting her own family's insurance battles, Making Them Pay is the book your health insurer doesn't want you to read.For everyone who ever has to deal with health insurance and managed care, it's time to start Making Them Pay.AUTHORBIO: Rhonda Orin is a lawyer with over a decade of experience suing insurance companies on behalf of policyholders.She has presented cases in courts around the country, and two of her cases have been decided by the U.S. Supreme Court.She works in Washington, DC.Orin, Rhonda is the author of 'Making Them Pay How to Get the Most from Health Insurance and Managed Care' with ISBN 9780312267605 and ISBN 0312267606.