My parent have been paying for SureHealth for 6 months & were told multiple times that it was health insurance and would cover MAJOR medical problems. My mother was diagnosed with cancer on 01/02/08 and had to be flown to a different hospital. She spent 3 days in the ICU, 4 days in a regular bed as well. During her stay she had to have a PET scan, an MRI, and 2 CT scans, along with minor surgery. Guess what! SureHealth originally said that they would not pay for her treatment because it was "out of network". Now they've decided to pay but what they will pay will hardly cover any of the medical bills. It wasn't until my parent's had to use their "insurance" did they find out that SureHealth is not insurance but a DISCOUNT CARD only. They could have gotten the same discount card for $15/month instead of paying $350/month. My mother's cancer treatments and medication are not covered at all, and my parents are facing the possibility of having to file medical bankruptcy. The worst part is that they had REAL medical insurance an was assured that the SureHealth plan was the same, if not better than the health insurance they had, and that was the only reason they changed over. Talk about fraud!
