A Life Saved

We have a story - written by none other than Tina Carson of Gilda Dorbandt’s N. Compass Group in Las Cruces, edited by Gail Rae. This story is slated to be published by the Las Cruces Bulletin, but you will see it here, the NMHIA Broker Beat first. Here it is.

All too often, when people think about healthcare, the thought is accompanied with a wince of pain stemming from the lower regions of their inner being! Shortly thereafter, anger starts to surge with exasperating declarations of “the cost” and “how can I afford that!” Then, the personal horror stories start to flow and who doesn’t have a frightening tale of how they were “done wrong” by a health insurance company? Well, I have a different type of story, a success story you might say, about how the client was more than happy to pay that insurance premium, because for them, it was a blessing in disguise.

When magazine and newspaper articles point to our neighbors up north suggesting that we too should adopt the “one system for all” health plan, I can’t help but remember a very sweet lady who walked into our office and asked if there was any sort of health plan that we could find for her. She was a soft spoken, demure woman, very articulate, who expressed her dissatisfaction with the “one system for all” health care she had experienced in Canada. You see, she had a brain tumor and had searched the parameters of her province for help with her diagnosis. She was told by her doctors that the cost of brain surgery was exorbitant, in addition to having a very low rate of success, so she was declined healthcare for her brain tumor. This final decision to withhold the required brain surgery took several months to be decided, thus losing precious time for our client. It was at this time that she and her husband decided to move to the US and investigate the possibility of finding health insurance in the states. After being declined from a few carriers here in NM, she contacted our office and made an appointment. Here at the N. Compass Group, we pride ourselves on finding the “right fit” in health insurance for our clients. We knew that this gal was a good candidate for the New Mexico Health Insurance Alliance (NMHIA), and quickly enrolled her into one of their plans. Later, she received the necessary brain surgery, recovered fully and shortly thereafter, found employment helping others here in our own community. When it’s time to renew her health insurance plan, she is more than happy to pay the renewal rate knowing that NMHIA (New Mexico Health Insurance Alliance) served as her life preserver at a time in troubled waters!

Written by Tina Carson, edited by Gail Rae