
Health before Wealth
After a car accident most people think of wealth before their long-term health. We believe that without addressing your immediate and long-term healthcare needs, the financial compensation you receive to make you “whole”, is diminished. Once we have been able to address your physical healthcare needs, created by the car accident, a personal injury attorney, focusing on car accident cases is a great asset in pursuing legal remedies.
1. Why did they offer me $500?
When I talk to patients, the first thing I’ll ask is, “has an insurance company offered you $500 to close your claim”. Many times, the patient’s shocked that I would already know that. Why do you think they are trying to give you a small amount, before you have ever been seen by a doctor and evaluated? Because it benefits the insurance company just to make you go away.
2. What is PIP, and how do I use it?
Many people do not understand how their insurance policy works, or what happens when they get into a car accident. They are not informed that there are a variety of ways that more than likely could cover them.
One way, is if you have what is called personal injury protection, otherwise known as PIP. By having this coverage under your insurance plan, you are allowed to choose any doctor you wish to see, it has rather high limits, and it doesn’t hinder you from getting your needed healthcare. It helps get you out of the medical model of requiring you to see your primary, and allowing them to dictate your care.
3. Can you help with paperwork?
The insurance company does not make filling out their forms easy. For this reason, we are often able to help our patients with their auto injury insurance paperwork. We can assist you, in filling out the forms you need, to get the benefits you deserve, and healthcare you require to get back to living your life.
Bonus Question: Do you know a good lawyer?
The simple answer is no. But we have worked with a few different law offices that specialize in auto injury law. Below is a list of some auto injury lawyers in the Kent Washington area and one auto injury legal firm from Puyallup Washington. Our legal department asked us to add a legal disclaimer. So here goes, LEGAL DISCLAIMER: REMEMBER THEIR LAWYERS.
Jacobs & Jacobs
114 E Meeker
Puyallup, WA 98372
253-845-0577
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Feldman & Lee PS – Kent Office
604 West Meeker Street, Suite 206,
Kent, WA 98032
(253) 201-2733
Website: Kent Office
Greaney Scudder Law Firm
203 Madison Avenue
Kent, WA 98032
253-236-0793
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