New - thinking about cervical ADR or fusion, or hybrid

[ella]

I'm new here but have read many of the threads with interest. I'm considering ADR or fusion, or possibly a hybrid. I'm currently under Blue cross, but I have the option of switching to any plan offered to federal employees, so I'm thinking about Aetna.

[spinches]

I recommend you speak to surgeons about their experience getting surgery authorized by insurance companies. The surgeons I consulted spontaneously told me about differences in insurers, in terms of which ones can be persuaded to authorize ADR, even at multiple levels. If you have a choice of insurance companies, and don't have pre-existing conditions excluded, or treatment for them delayed for a long time, find out which ones the doctors like to work with the most.

Sandra