# Patient Advocate for dealing with insurance and surgeons?

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**Category:** Eagle Syndrome Stories\
**Tags:** internal-jugular-vei\
**Created:** [December 3, 2025, 12:59am UTC](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/patient-advocate-for-dealing-with-insurance-and-surgeons/21438 "2025-12-03T00:59:35Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 3, 2025, 8:24pm UTC](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/patient-advocate-for-dealing-with-insurance-and-surgeons/21438/2 "2025-12-03T20:24:10Z")

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I’m UK, so don’t know much about this, @Isaiah_40_31 said this:

> [@CT scan results](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/ct-scan-results/20087/24):
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> Health insurance companies have patient advocates on staff who are there to help patients with appeals to get coverage for non-covered medical care especially for rare illnesses or syndromes.

And there have been a few discussions about appealing insurance companies decisions, I don’t know if they’re helpful:  
[I’m asking for my eagle syndrome familys help - General - Living with Eagle](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/im-asking-for-my-eagle-syndrome-familys-help/14811)  
[Update …final appeal - General - Living with Eagle]  
[Dr Osborne- Blue Cross Blue Shield Out of Network Waiver-2025 - Welcome / New User Help - Living with Eagle](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/dr-osborne-blue-cross-blue-shield-out-of-network-waiver-2025/19658)([Update ....final appeal](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/update-final-appeal/15203))  
So it sounds as if you could look into whether your insurance company has one?  
Also @Snapple2020 has posted info about medicare in this discussion, I don’t know if it’s at all relevant to your situation:  
[New here, hanging on to life by a thread, don’t know where to go next - General - Living with Eagle](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/new-here-hanging-on-to-life-by-a-thread-dont-know-where-to-go-next/21425/6)

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