If you’ve read my posts (and by all means you should), you know that, apart from my snarky comments about academia, law schools, and the legal profession, the thing I harp about most is compassion in the legal profession.
Today, I’m asking you to engage in an act of compassion.
I met Amby (@FeFiFoFAmby) a year ago in D.C. during some work travel. She is an energetic, thoughtful, hard-working young attorney. If she were a student of mine, I would have written her glowing letters of recommendation.
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Amby relocated from D.C. and moved to a completely different country called Texas, to work for a new firm and live closer to her fiancé.
All was well, until recently when Amby went to the ER. She was diagnosed with a stroke. There is reason to believe that several issues caused the stroke, all of which can be remedied by orthognathic surgery.
She is suffering from most of the things on the list in this link, namely:
- Myofascial Pain Dysfunction (MPD or painful spasm of the muscles of jaw function with associated dysfunction of the jaw);
- Temporomandibular Joint Disease;
- Periodontal Disease as an accelerated consequence of occlusal trauma; and
- Structural Dental Disease (tooth fracture, attrition, and/or early tooth loss) as an accelerated consequence of occlusal trauma).
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You would think that her insurance would cover the $53,704 required to perform this surgery. You’d be wrong. Because a neurologist can’t be 100% certain the stroke was caused by these issues (and because insurance is insurance), they are refusing to cover it. To them, it’s cosmetic and not the excruciating pain she’s enduring.
Amby’s first thought was to cancel her wedding and use the money to partly pay for the surgery. Of course, this doesn’t quite work in the world of nonrefundable deposits.
After watching this unfold on Twitter, I reached out to Amby to ask if we, the social media community, could help. She initially refused, hopeful that her insurance would do the right thing. After using my negotiation skills, I was able to convince her to allow us to help. I’ve seen her treatment plan, and the denial from the insurance company. I’m saddened that she has to go through this at the very time she should be enthusiastically living her life and planning her wedding.
For that reason, I have established a donation page. Please go to this page and pledge your support to one of our own.
As human beings (and/or members of the legal profession), there is no reason we can’t alleviate this stress for one of our own.
LawProfBlawg is an anonymous professor at a top 100 law school. You can see more of his musings here and on Twitter. Email him at [email protected].