Will insurance cover my allergy care?

Will insurance cover my allergy care?

Harold Kaiser (Practicing Allergist and Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School) gives expert video advice on: What questions should I ask my doctor after getting an allergy diagnosis?; How soon will I start to feel better after taking allergy medication?; Can I be cured of my allergies? and more...

Generally, insurance, in this day and age, covers allergy care. Sometimes more, sometimes less. But if the insurance company initially said, "No, we're not going to pay for skin tests, or for this sort of thing," it's worth saying, "Wait, I'm a special case," or asking your physician to get involved. This is because often the insurance companies are not just trying to avoid the situation, rather they don't understand that this is a specific field with speciality areas and specialty problems, and they don't get it. Sometimes we can help the insurance companies get it. Push for your insurance coverage if you have allergic disease.