**UPDATE!**  Although I don't have a solution to my problem of my Insurance company not wanting to pay for the replacement of my malfunctioning Vagus Nerve Stimulator yet, I do have some progress. My p-doc is currently compiling a letter to include with my own to my elected officials and to the Insurance Commissioner which includes a timeline of the clinical trials, FDA approval and other vital data about the VNS, along with the facts surrounding the entire&nb... Read More

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I was diagnosed with depression 22 years ago and have tried nearly every medication and treatment under the sun with either limited or no success, thus resulting in being labeled as having Treatment Resistant Depression (TRD). I was at the end of my proverbial rope when, in late 2005, the FDA approved the use of a pacemaker-like device called a Vagus Nerve Stimulator (VNS) for Treatment Resistant Depression and Bipolar Disorder. It has been used for medically... Read More

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Whenever you’re combing through 200+ pages of legal jargon, it tends to get a little tedious.

Anyway, I’m here to talk about really serious business. Mainly the HR3200B, which in case you didn’t know, is a bill being proposed in the House of Representatives to reform health care, and namely health insurance, as we know it. It sounds like its providing a “public option” for healthcare, which would allow people to buy a federal form of health Insurance to cover themselves.

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