Watch: Why Insurance Companies Are Denying Coverage for Prosthetic Limbs

PBS Information Weekend’s Ali Rogin spoke with KFF Well being Information contributor Michelle Andrews about what some folks with lacking limbs think about a disparity in medical insurance protection: Although a knee alternative doubtless can be lined, a prosthetic knee isn’t all the time. A prosthetic gadget could be topic to price caps and an amputee could also be required to show medical necessity for protection. Andrews just lately explored these points in her article “Well being Insurers Restrict Protection of Prosthetic Limbs, Questioning Their Medical Necessity.”

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