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On the Illinois IDHS Notice of Privacy Practices form it states in one section:

"Organ and Tissue Donations. In limited circumstances, IDHS can share health information about you to an organ procurement organization."

I hope this is ONLY if you put yourself as an organ donor on your driver's license or on a donor registry.

What about if you're not an organ donor or don't want to be one, does IDHS still call these organ agencies and inform them of your end of life status? These organ donation companies can be very aggressive and pressure the family.

Does anyone have any more information on this?

Please refer to my previous post for the backstory:

https://www.reddit.com/r/TracFone/comments/1vqt8oa/is_tracfone_customer_service_number_down/

I called the TF sales phone line again today (it's the only lime I can get thru to anyone) and this time the rep said that one reason I get the message "no one is available to take your call please try again later" when I call 611 is because I have a 4G LTE phone and since TracFone is a 5G network sometimes 4G LTE customers won't be able to get through to someone.

I've had TracFone and my current TracFone flip phone since I started using TracFone a few years ago. I've never had issues calling the main phone line until the past week onward.

Does this sound right, 5G is why "no one is available to take my call"?

Update: I called their sales line and finally got thru to a person. Call 866-643-8839 if you're having the same problem. According to them, the 611611 and other # is working fine, they said it was probably a local connection issue near me. I don't necessarily agree with that because the automated system for both those numbers recognized my phone number and account.

I've been trying to call 611 and 1-800-867-7183 for 3 days now. I keep getting a message that no one is available to take my call and to try again later. It's been 3 days now. What is going on?

Is NOW internet considered "Xfinity Internet"?

Can a customer switch from their NOW internet to the Xfinity Internet Essentials plan without a 90 day wait period?

The Xfinity Internet Essentials terms:

https://www.xfinity.com/learn/internet-service/internet-essentials/terms-and-conditions

"1. (iv) not have had Xfinity Internet within the last ninety (90) days (collectively, the “Eligibility Criteria”)."

I called Xfinity Internet Essentials customer service twice and neither rep gave me the same answer, one said yes, the other said no 90 day wait period (but even she seemed untrained about the matter and sounded uncertain).

I have no confidence in what either of them told me.

So, yes or no:

Is NOW considered "Xfinity Internet" that would require 90 days of no service before being able to get Xfinity Essentials Internet?

It's upsetting that even the Xfinity employees for that department have no idea.

Please Xfinity, give clear training to your reps and please include NOW clarification in your terms of service.

Thanks.

Can the Lifeline $9.25/month discount be applied to the following TracFone plan in the state of Illinois?

$15 Plan / 30 Days Unlimited Talk Unlimited Text 1 GB data Hotspot Capable

Thank you.

Can having gallstones affect how your liver processes and clears out medications, since there is impaired flow of bile from the stones?

I don't mean a gallbladder attack that obviously causes a major blockage or elevated liver enzymes. I mean chronic gallstones that just slow everything down in that area making everything sluggish including the liver.

Any thoughts on this?

Will a TODI fail if the town of the property is misspelled (by one letter) in one area of the document? The town in spelled correctly in all other areas of the document.

Will a TODI fail if the designated beneficiary no longer resides at the same address they had listed on the TODI when they signed it?

I asked Cook county's recordings office and they said those things wouldn't cause an issue, but I'm asking online as well to be sure.

Thanks.

Will a TODI fail if the town of the property is misspelled (by one letter) in one area of the document? The town in spelled correctly in all other areas of the document.

Will a TODI fail if the designated beneficiary no longer resides at the same address they had listed on the TODI when they signed it?

I asked Cook county's recordings office and they said those things wouldn't cause an issue, but I'm asking online as well to be sure.

Thanks.

My friend sees a Tier 1 medical provider under DuPage Medical Group (Duly).

But a BCBS claims rep told my friend that DuPage Medical Group billing (who does this doctor's billing) is Tier 2.

So now my friend is being charged more because BCBS is processing the claim as Tier 2, even though the provider is Tier 1 and my friend thought by seeing this doctor she was getting her plans best benefits coverage.

My friend has to pay more now and doesn't get her optimal Tier 1 coverage for this doctor even though we did due diligence at finding her a Tier 1.

Who knew that you had to ALSO verify the doctor's billing department is Tier 1!?

Is this correct or was that claims rep in error with what she told us?

She did say that the doctor could submit the claims/bill under her NPI and then BCBS would process the claim as Tier 1.

Anyone here encountered this or have some knowledge they can share?

Thank you!

What department would I speak to? I already have "Anxiety Disorder" in the list. I don't want "Severe Anxiety" there too.

Can the capsule be opened and sprinkled on food? Anyone here do that? Online info is conflicting, says Macrobid can't but Macrodantin can be sprinkled. Pharmacy and drug manufacturer can't give me a definite answer.

My symptoms were fishy urine smell, urgency, burning. I then gave a urine sample.

Symptoms resolved by the next 2 days after drinking water, using cranberry pills. I feel fine now and have no more symptoms for a couple days now.

Urine culture results received yesterday show: "E coli, multi-drug resistant organism greater than 100,000 colony forming units per mL"

I think my doctor wants to put me on Augmentin. But I'm not sure it's necessary because I don't have symptoms anymore. I want to ask for a repeat U/A to see if I'm ok now but I don't think my doctor will do that.

Anyone have a similar experience? What did you do?

They're pre-cooked. The label says to run them under cold water for 5-7 minutes. That seems like a long time.

I know it's to defrost them but do frozen shrimp also need to be rinsed clean, is that why the running water for 5-7 min?

Can I just put some frozen shrimp in a container and keep in fridge to thaw and eat it through the week?

Thanks.

I've been referred to have this neuro test done on my lower extremities, but I have significant muscle atrophy on my lower legs and feet.

I'm worried the shocks and needle will do permanent damage. I've read of some people having long-term problems afterwards.

Especially having such atrophied muscles, I'm assuming it's likely I will be messed up by this study.

I already have chronic issues with my electrolytes causing muscle weakness and burning, paresthesia and a risk of rhabdomyolysis.

I'm leaning strongly on NOT having this test done.

Anyone here had any issues with this test?

Thanks!

I've been referred to have this neuro test done on my lower extremities, but I have significant muscle atrophy on my lower legs and feet.

I'm worried the shocks and needle will do permanent damage. I've read of some people having long-term problems afterwards.

Especially having such atrophied muscles, I'm assuming it's likely I will be messed up by this study.

I already have chronic issues with my electrolytes causing muscle weakness and burning, paresthesia and a risk of rhabdomyolysis.

I'm leaning strongly on NOT having this test done.

Anyone here had any issues with this test?

Thanks!

My yahoo email account just got an email from no-reply@accounts.google.com

"This is a copy of a security alert sent to ----@gmail.com.

----@yahoo.com is the recovery email for this account..."

The gmail address it references is not an account of mine, I only have 1 gmail account and I use it daily.

So either it's a scam email (but the sender address is legit?) or it's a legit email and someone is using my yahoo email for their gmail recovery email.

Any thoughts? I have no idea how to contact Google about this.

Thanks.

Has anyone under age 55 used the HCBS program (Home and Community-Based Services) for an in-home aide and had Medicaid try to get repayment for those services after their death?