Why aren’t UTMB’s extra evaluations reimburseable?
I understand why UTMB does not consider restorative healthcare as reimburseable by the employers. But there’s another category that they seem keen on hitting me with: extra evaluations. “Go see a doctor and have them write a paper that says [issue] is fine and supports your deployment to remote polar environment”. This isn’t restorative healthcare- nothing is being fixed. It’s just UTMB farming protection from liability.
This has become profoundly costly for me as an uninsured individual, and I cannot obtain insurance for a frustrating bureaucratic reason.
UTMB is also regularly updating their conditions on what’s acceptable and what isn’t. So I’m also getting hit on very old health concerns that weren’t so much as a blip in my previous deployments. Really weird.