Children’s HealthWatch Research and Policy Director, Stephanie Ettinger de Cuba, was recently featured in In Training.
Special Messengers: Physician-Advocates
Do you remember the last time your insurance denied payment for a visit or procedure you had or your gym double charged you for your membership fee? What did you do? Did you sit back and say — “Well, they must know better than me — I’ll just accept their decision.” Or, did you call up and say, “Excuse me, but I believe there has been an error and I’d like you to fix it.” My guess is, you did the latter. What you did was advocate for yourself.