Mallory has dealt with chronic pain since she was 23 years old, suffering from neck and back issues, as well as migraines. Despite this, she neglected to seek medical care for years because she didn’t understand how to use her insurance – scared of the costs involved and uncertain how to find a doctor. It was only when she was 33 years old, shortly after her father passed away suddenly, that she became even more scared of the costs of NOT receiving healthcare. So she went on a doctor-seeking rampage and got a full physical, had moles checked and blood panels run, visited the dentist and optometrist. She needed to know the state of her entire body for peace of mind after being shook to her core with the reality of her mortality. She taught herself how to choose clinics and make the dreadful phone calls to her insurance company in order to ensure her selected providers were covered.
She has also worked on the practitioner side of insurance – being an acupuncturist for over a decade. She has an insider scoop on what kinds of things insurance companies monitor and look for, how your practitioners deal with insurance and how that affects you. She has worked within the confines of billing to insurance and all of the benefits and many many flaws that pop up on that side of the system.
All of this has culminated into Mallory’s mission to provide clarity to such a confusing sector of what citizens of the United States have to deal with – healthcare. Insurance companies intentionally make their policies confusing so you avoid using it; so that they keep as much money in their pockets as possible.
Mallory feels a pull to help you and everyone suffering from overwhelm and fear in regards to health insurance and the medical system. We should not be afraid to access our basic right to healthcare. Mallory hopes to start a revolution, to teach and encourage people to get the care they rightfully deserve and, hopefully, help initiate change in the system.
If we get enough people utilizing these services and demanding their needs be met – we can affect policy change. Join us in this pursuit. We are stronger when we band together.
