My husband suffers from chronic hiccups, and I mean 24/7/365 hiccups. He can hardly sleep, throws up, chokes, stops breathing, and his chest hurts constantly bc of them. The Mayo Clinic in Rochester is the only place in the country who does a procedure to stop the hiccups. We had at least 8 doctors send letters to Mayo telling them this is a quality of life issue and potentially fatal bc of him stopping breathing. We applied twice and also sent an appeal letter after the 2d denial. Bc Michael has Medicare as his primary insurance (he also has federal BC/BS), they denied him. It's not like they wouldn't get their money w/2 insurances. The Mayo Clinic in Rochester is GARBAGE! Picking and choosing who they'll help based on money and insurance is nothing but pure GREED! Trust me, this hospital cares nothing about their patients, only the dollars a patient can provide!
