Why Your Health Insurance Plan Won’t Cover Functional Nutrition
One thing is common for us all - we are wildly in the dark about how health insurance works and who decides what’s covered. That is why my intention with this article is to offer clarity and education, so you can stop blindly allowing your health insurance plan choose your providers for you, and make more informed health decisions for yourself.
Why Your Health Insurance Plan Won’t Cover Functional Nutrition
It’s no secret that the healthcare system in the U.S. is a bumbling sh*tshow. We’ve privatized health insurance plans since the 1920s, causing costs to soar, excluding important health services, and making plans effectively useless to those who are relatively healthy.
It’s a complex issue, and a highly controversial one. I’ve worked in healthcare for 20+ years, both on the clinical side, and the billing side. I can’t change our severely broken system on my own. But, one reader at a time, I can help individuals like you know how to advocate for your own health when seeking out health insurance plans and healthcare services.
Hi darlings. I’m Hilary Beckwith, ex-dieter and holistic nutrition expert. Clients come to see me with signs of adrenal stress and inflammatory conditions, and my job is to find the root causes so we can address their symptoms more effectively and fill in the gaps between what their doctor is saying and what their body is saying. Click here to read my Medical Disclaimer.
In this article, you’ll learn:
is health insurance necessary?
what it means to use an “in-network” provider
the difference between “covered” and “non-covered” services (it might not be what you think)
is health insurance necessary?
For about nine years in the early 2000s, I worked for a large chain grocery store. I wore many hats there, but one of my jobs was to help change price tags when a new ad started every Wednesday.
I and my crew would replace expired sales tags with their regular price, as well as replace regular-priced tags with the new sales tags.
Every sales tag also showed the product’s regular price, so you as the customer could see how much you were saving by getting it on sale.
Here’s where things get shady…
Very often, when a product would go on sale, the store would increase the regular price of that item so that it looked like you were saving more money. When the sale ended, the regular price went back to its normal market rate.
In other words, the regular price on a sale item was completely arbitrary - it was used as a marketing tool to show how much the customer would “save”. [insert barfing noise]
Here’s the thing… Your health insurance plan does the same thing.
I’ll talk more about that later in the post. But first, let’s explore whether a health insurance plan is even necessary to have.
holding space
I want to be clear - the realities that we all live in are so different. What I have to say in this article will not relate to everyone. We each have different values and different needs to consider when choosing healthcare services and utilizing health insurance plan benefits.
One thing is common for us all - we are wildly in the dark about how health insurance works and who decides what’s covered. That is why my intention with this article is to offer clarity and education, so you can stop blindly allowing your health insurance plan choose your providers for you, and make more informed health decisions for yourself.
It is not at all meant to suggest that no one benefits from using health insurance. Plenty of individuals rely on private, state, and federally funded insurance plans to provide treatment for chronic illness and other medical conditions, and I hope to present this article with some sensitivity to that.
Earlier this summer I had a pretty serious injury - I fell while rollerskating, fracturing my ankle in three places, dislocating the joint, and detaching a ligament.
It required a trip to the E.R., surgery to repair the damage, multiple sets of imaging (before and after surgery), physical therapy, etc..
As a functional nutrition practitioner, I often look to treatment options that are root-cause-focused, as opposed to symptoms-focused. An injury like this requires a different approach.
I leaned into Western medicine (mostly covered by my health insurance plan), but I also utilized my nutrition background to optimize my healing, support bone density, regulate inflammation, regulate my nervous system after a traumatic injury, and support detoxification from pain meds (all not covered by my insurance).
So, was it necessary to have a health insurance plan in this instance?
I would argue yes… sort of…
I’ve already put in thousands of dollars toward premiums over the four years I’ve had this health insurance plan. Was it worth it for peace of mind? That’s debatable. Many Americans are terrified that the cost of healthcare, even with insurance, will lead them to crippling debt. You can read about my research on this topic here.
I certainly think there is a place for insurance, and an accident like this one is a good example of when insurance is necessary. But privatized insurance has been driving healthcare costs up (and up, and up…) since the 1920s [1], making quality healthcare largely inaccessible to many in the low or middle classes nearly 100 years later.
We’re all stuck between a rock and a hard place.
using an in-network provider
I think most of us understand that when using health insurance plan benefits, the question we most commonly ask a practitioner is, “do you take my insurance?”. After all, being in-network means the care will be cheaper, and in some cases is the difference between coverage or no coverage.
After working for nearly 25 years in medical clinics, I’ve learned that most people do not understand how their insurance works. And who can blame you!
SOME THINGS YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT HEALTH INSURANCE:
INSURANCE IS A CONTRACT
The patient has a contract with their health insurance plan, as do any in-network practitioners. As with any contract, the terms look different for every health plan, but in general, the terms of patient-insurance contracts boil down to this:
IF the patient pays their portion, THEN insurance will pay theirs. Despite common belief, it is not the other way around.
PRACTITIONERS ARE NOT REQUIRED TO SUBMIT CLAIMS
It is not the responsibility of a practitioner to submit claims or pre-authorization requests on behalf of a patient. Practitioners typically take it on themselves simply because it’s easier for them to directly supply the information required by the insurance company, rather than have the patient be a liaison.
IT IS THE PATIENT’S RESPONSIBILITY TO UNDERSTAND THEIR OWN BENEFITS
Some practitioners are kind enough to give patients a cost estimate for care based on their insurance benefits - but it is not the practitioner’s responsibility to do so.
IT IS THE PATIENT’S RESPONSIBILITY TO APPEAL
Very often, health insurance plans deny services that should be covered according to the plan benefits (I recently experienced this, myself). In many of those cases, the practitioner is kind enough to submit an appeal on the patient’s behalf, again, because it is easier for the practitioner to directly submit required documentation. But it is not the practitioner’s responsibility to do so.
A PRACTITIONER WHO IS IN-NETWORK, TAKES A PAY CUT
If a practitioner is in-network with your health insurance plan, it means they have a provider-insurance contract with the insurance provider. That contract, in essence, says that in exchange for advertising (i.e. a directory, or network, of “preferred” practitioners), practitioners agree to discount their care, so that the insurance does not have to pay out as much.
Patients will often see these discounts conveyed as “you saved $___!” on their Explanation of Benefits (EOB).
IN-NETWORK PRACTITIONERS MAY BE LESS LIKELY TO SEEK OUT ROOT CAUSES OF YOUR SYMPTOMS
When practitioners are contracted with an insurance plan, they are subject to the regulations of that plan.
A common example of this is regarding thyroid testing. Many health insurance plans in the U.S. stipulate that in order to diagnose hypothyroid, TSH must be high, and free T4 must be low. Therefore, even if the patient has many other indications of hypothyroidism, your in-network practitioner will likely only test for TSH and fT4, unless you request otherwise.
Put more simply, health insurance plans are not designed to keep relatively healthy people, healthy. Health insurance plans are designed for symptoms-focused care and injuries.
Most health insurance plans do not cover services designed to optimize your health, such as functional lab testing, somatic work, treatments for complex trauma, and, yes, holistic nutrition consulting.
They’ll happily cover sleep medications, blood pressure medications, or weight loss surgery - but they will not cover the types of care needed to address root causes of insomnia, high blood pressure, and weight gain.
covered v. non-covered services
Health insurance is confusing - that’s why I’m here to bring some clarity to your world when navigating healthcare decisions, and those confusing EOBs.
I’ve included some diagrams below to help you understand things a bit better. But first, let’s talk vocabulary.
WHAT DO THESE COMMON HEALTH INSURANCE TERMS MEAN?
COVERED SERVICES:
A “covered” service is any service that is eligible for coverage, meaning it meets criteria set by the health insurance plan, including diagnosis, practitioner type, and plan inclusions.
A service that’s “covered” does not necessarily mean it is paid for by your insurance. A “covered” service is still subject to your plan benefits, such as deductible, coinsurance, or co-pay.
NON-COVERED SERVICES:
A “non-covered” service is any service that does not meet criteria set by the health insurance plan. The cost of a non-covered service is entirely the responsibility of the patient.
A service might be considered “non-covered” for the following reasons:
it is specifically excluded from your health insurance plan benefits
it was provided by an excluded practitioner type (e.g. a blood draw may not be covered if it is performed by a Naturopath if Naturopaths are excluded from your plan)
your diagnosis does not meet the requirements set by your insurance plan for the service to be covered - this does not mean your practitioner incorrectly diagnosed you.
the service was performed in a non-covered clinic or facility (e.g. getting Physical Therapy in a hospital setting may be covered differently than it would in an office setting).
IN NETWORK
Indicates a practitioner, facility, or group of practitioners, are contracted with a health insurance plan. As we discussed earlier, services from an in-network practitioner usually indicates “covered” service costs will be discounted.
OUT OF NETWORK
Indicates a practitioner, facility, or group of practitioners, are not contracted with a health insurance plan. Out-of-Network does not necessarily mean services will not be covered - but it does mean the costs will not be discounted.
DEDUCTIBLE
A dollar amount set by your health insurance plan, if applicable, that the patient must pay before the insurance begins paying for services. Coverage after the deductible is met varies from plan to plan.
EXAMPLE: If your insurance has a $1000 deductible, you must pay for services in full until they reach a total of $1000, after which your insurance will start paying according to your plan benefits. This only applies to “covered” services. Any non-covered services will not apply toward your deductible.
COINSURANCE
Not to be confused with a co-pay, a coinsurance is a percentage set by a health insurance plan that the patient is responsible to pay for all covered services. Most often, a plan that includes a coinsurance also includes a deductible, and similarly only applies to “covered” services.
EXAMPLE: If your insurance requires you to pay a 20% coinsurance, your insurance would pay 80% of covered services, and you would pay 20%. Typically this is applied after a deductible has been met.
CO-PAY
A co-pay is a flat-rate amount set by a health insurance plan that patient is responsible to pay for every eligible practitioner visit. Co-pay plans are very rare these days, and typically do not entail a deductible or coinsurance.
EXAMPLE: If your health insurance has a $30 co-pay, you would pay $30 when visiting a covered practitioner providing covered services, and insurance would pay for the rest. Some insurance plans may require separate co-pays for different types of services, even if they are provided by the same practitioner in the same day (e.g. a physical exam and a spinal manipulation may require two separate co-pays for the same visit)
do I take insurance?
Nope!
Or rather, it’s that insurance doesn’t take me.
As you’ve learned in this post, health insurance plans in the U.S. are more likely to cover treatments designed to suppress symptoms or change lab values.
It might even help you feel better for a time. But it won’t be the solution to your PCOS symptoms, IBS symptoms, weight gain, or anxiety. Those symptoms will all still be there the moment you stop taking the medications.
That’s why my work is focused on helping clients find and address root causes of their symptoms, not just changing lab values.
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Friedman, Jordan. “How Health Insurance Got Its Start in America.” History.Com, A&E Television Networks, 27 May 2025, www.history.com/articles/health-insurance-baylor-plan.
Inflammation Foods - Anti Inflammatory Diet Nutritionist
Your body uses inflammation to fight off everything from infection, to allergies, to tissue injury.
But when any of those things goes undiagnosed or untreated, inflammation becomes chronic, exacerbating pain levels and other symptoms. And the foods you eat can either help or hurt your healing potential.
Inflammation Foods to Avoid
Inflammation hits in so many ways, but easily the most obvious manifestation of inflammation is pain. Whatever the cause of your pain symptoms, it’s important to recognize pain as your body’s alarm system. Your body uses inflammation to fight off everything from infection, to allergies, to tissue injury.
But when any of those things goes undiagnosed or untreated, inflammation becomes chronic, exacerbating pain levels and other symptoms. And the foods you eat can either help or hurt your healing potential.
Hi friends. I’m Hilary Beckwith, ex-dieter and holistic nutrition expert. Clients come to see me with signs of adrenal stress and inflammatory conditions, and my job is to find the root causes so we can address their symptoms more effectively and fill in the gaps between what their doctor is saying and what their body is saying. Click here to read my Medical Disclaimer.
In this article, you’ll learn:
signs of inflammation
causes of systemic inflammation
when to seek help
foods that reduce inflammation
signs of inflammation
Ironically, and perhaps inspirationally, I am writing this blog from my bed as I keep my recently fractured ankle elevated. Needless to say, it got me thinking about the process of pain and healing. And since I love working with clients who have inflammatory conditions, I thought this a great time to share some tools that might help you.
To start, pain is not the only sign of inflammation, just as nutrition is not the only solution for it. Let’s talk about what defines inflammation.
An inflammatory response is when your body sends white blood cells (from the immune system) to a specific area, or systemically, in order to heal tissue or fight off foreign invaders like viruses, parasites, dysbiotic bacteria, or mold toxins.
Probably the easiest way to visualize inflammation that most of us can relate to is a cold or sinus infection. That snot you’re blowing out and that stuffs you up and keeps you from breathing? This is acute inflammation.
That’s your mucous membranes being activated due to an immune system response to an unwanted pathogen. And as miserable as you might feel in those times, it’s your body is doing what it’s supposed to.
However, when you have chronic sinus infections, seasonal allergies, or chronic “stuffy head” - this is chronic inflammation.
Inflammation plays an important role in healing and helping us to survive as a species. But what’s missing is the regulation of inflammation. Our modern lifestyle of processed foods, unaddressed complex trauma, and excess busyness, fosters chronic inflammation. And unfortunately our American healthcare system does very little to address root causes of inflammation, focusing only on treating the symptoms.
Keep reading so you can be better informed and advocate for your health at your next doctor’s visit.
SIGNS OF INFLAMMATION (acute or chronic):
pain
localized swelling
acne
eczema
sinus congestion
seasonal allergies or food allergies
fatigue
restless sleep or insomnia
digestive symptoms (bloat, diarrhea, indigestion, abdominal pain)
brain fog
excess appetite
craving carbs or sweets
female reproductive hormone imbalance (irregular periods, infertility, painful periods, etc.)
causes of chronic inflammation
When the causes of acute inflammation go unaddressed, we get chronic inflammation.
The body is still trying to fight, but is running out of resources, so it tends to trickle in support, rather than offer a full-fledged army. Over time, your body does what it can to preserve energy, and so it activates the Cell Danger Response [1].
During Cell Danger Response, or CDR, your cell walls stiffen in an effort to prevent nutrients from entering the cell for energy production, they send out hormone signals to summon your immune system for additional support, and an enzyme called deiodinase 3 is activated, which deactivates thyroid hormone, converting it to its opposite, reverse T3. Click here to read more about thyroid conditions.
This chronic inflammatory response is commonly referred to as low-grade inflammation, or systemic inflammation. While it may have started in a specific area of the body, left unaddressed, it can become a low-grade inflammation throughout the body.
This is where we begin to see conditions like:
pain that will not go away
autoimmune disease activation
abnormal thyroid levels being misdiagnosed as a thyroid issue
treatment for symptoms without addressing underlying cause (acne, digestive symptoms, allergies)
chronic fatigue
COMMON CAUSES OF SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATION
So, what is behind all these symptoms? It’s true that chronic pain can come from a tissue injury that didn’t heal properly, excess scar tissue, nerve damage, or possibly more overlooked, your nervous system trying to protect you even after the tissue has healed.
In many cases, the chronic inflammation requires a multifaceted approach:
physical medicine (PT, chiropractic, massage, trigger point injections, Platelet-Rich-Plasma, etc.) to heal the injured tissue
nutritional support to reduce inflammatory foods
functional support to find and address root causes of inflammation that have previously gone unnoticed
mental health support for nervous system regulation. Chronic cortisol production from a constant, or nearly constant, state of fight or flight activation (excess busyness, poor sleep, anxiety, depression, etc.) increases inflammation.
Although much of my career was spent working in physical medicine, I cannot expertly speak to the physical tissue healing or mental health aspects of inflammation. You can find support for those aspects here:
But I can speak to functional and nutritional causes of inflammation. Addressing these types of inflammation requires more strategy than simply avoiding high inflammation foods, or following an anti inflammatory diet.
Let’s talk about nutritional and functional causes of inflammation before we get into the possible solutions.
nutritional and functional causes of inflammation
There can be many causes of systemic inflammation that contribute to chronic pain, skin conditions like acne or eczema, digestive symptoms, chronic fatigue, or seasonal allergies.
This list is certainly not exhaustive, but these are common issues I find in many of my clients. And when we work to address these underlying issues, we often find that their symptoms reduce or dissipate altogether.
COMMON NON-INJURY CAUSES OF SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATION:
pathogenic infection - I commonly find underlying infections that have previously gone unnoticed, undiagnosed, and thus, untreated, in my clients. Pathogens like parasites, mold, mold toxins, candida overgrowth, or dysbiotic bacteria. Left unchecked, these infections cause a constant stimulation of the immune system, and consequently, systemic inflammation.
food sensitivities - The ultimate chicken-and-egg scenario, food sensitivities are an immune response to foods that have not been properly broken down by the digestive system, and thus make it into the bloodstream, only to be responded to as a foreign invader - a threat. Food sensitivities are not to be confused with food allergies, and symptoms can often look like increased congestion, runny nose, achyness, stiffness, or increased pain, or reactive digestive symptoms like diarrhea.
poor digestive health - Sound too simple? Your digestive system is the first line of defense against pathogens that are ingested through foods. Poor digestion is one of the first things I address in clients with chronic inflammation for this very reason. Your body needs adequate stomach acid and digestive enzymes, a healthy mucosal lining, and good motility to prevent pathogens from getting into your system and to eliminate toxins. The overuse of antacids, eating on-the-go, and excess busyness inhibit your body’s ability to eliminate pathogens before they become a problem. Additionally, poor digestion is a common cause of food sensitivities. Addressing and optimizing digestive health is fundamental to reducing systemic inflammation.
poor quality diet - as we discussed, it’s not so much about following an anti inflammatory diet, but more about the quality of nutrition, and addressing gut health. If you are eating poor-quality foods, your body is getting poor-quality nutrients and overloading your liver.
A good example of this is fats:
Fats are broken down into fatty acids which are needed throughout the body for cell membrane structure, hormone production, vitamin D formation, bile production, and, yes, inflammation regulation. If you are eating poor quality fats, and if your body is not digesting fats well, of course your body is inflamed!
Fats are not the only culprit:
Refined grains, excess starches and sugars from plant-based meats and dairy products, food additives, emulsifiers, gums, even the cookware you choose, all contributes to inflammation by increasing toxic burden and oxidative stress. Learn more about how to choose quality foods here.
when to seek help
Addressing chronic inflammation requires more than just avoiding high inflammation foods, or following an anti inflammatory diet.
Yes, there are foods that can help lower inflammation, however, if you have sensitivities to those foods, or are not digesting them well, an anti inflammatory diet will not help you for very long.
You may notice some improvement initially, but it will likely be short-lived until you address underlying causes.
If you are already actively working with practitioners to address tissue injury, structure, nerve dysfunction, and your pain still persists, it’s possible there is an underlying cause that has gone unnoticed or unaddressed.
If you experience even a few of the symptoms below on a regular basis, it’s time to dig deeper into the root causes.
SIGNS OF SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATION:
known food sensitivities or food allergies
suspected food sensitivities (you have noticed a pattern of symptoms within 24 hours of consuming specific foods). Click here to read more about symptoms of food sensitivities.
acne
eczema
chronic diarrhea or constipation (or alternating)
bloating after meals
excess hunger
craving carbs or sweets
pain that has been difficult to address, despite physical medicine efforts
chronic stuffy head or runny nose
seasonal allergies (while there may be an actual allergic reaction, seasonal allergies can also be an overreaction of the immune system due to overburden, and can be alleviated with proper support)
chronic fatigue
anxiety or other mood conditions
insomnia or other sleep issues
chronic heartburn or indigestion
abdominal pain or cramping
Working with a qualified practitioner to find and address root causes of inflammation can help alleviate chronic pain symptoms and may even reduce your need for pain medications.
foods that reduce inflammation
As I’ve pointed out, reducing systemic and chronic inflammation requires more than simply eating an anti inflammatory diet or avoiding high inflammation foods.
It requires intervention from a qualified practitioner trained to find and address root causes of dysfunction and gut health in your body. This process often requires a proper assessment of the individual, including symptoms, health history, food and lifestyle habits, and functional lab testing.
Following an anti inflammatory diet may not be the solution, but it certainly can help if it’s part of the equation!
Here are some tips for lowering inflammation using nutrition:
eat real food: Even foods that are marketed as being “healthy” can be heavily processed, and a burden on your detoxification system. Not sure what makes food “processed”? Click here to learn more about what to look for on the ingredients list.
pay attention to fats: Put briefly, omega 3 fatty acids are anti-inflammatory, and omega 6 fatty acids are pro-inflammatory. The most bio-available (can actually be used by the body without interference) and nutrient-dense sources of omega 3 fatty acids are found in animal sources, such as grass-fed beef and wild caught salmon.
fish oil supplements: As with food, when it comes to supplements, quality matters. There are many fish oil supplements on the market, and most are garbage. They use irresponsible fishing methods, and use ethyl (alcohol) ethers of the fatty acids, which are far less absorbable than triglycerides. But there is one fish oil supplement I love and recommend often that is ethically sourced and highly bioavailable. Click here to view and purchase.
eat brightly-colored whole foods: Brightly-colored vegetables, such as in-season tomatoes, red, orange, and yellow bell peppers, and purple cabbage, are loaded with antioxidants, such as bioflavonoids and polyphenols. While it’s important to find and address the root causes of oxidative stress (free radical damage), consuming lots of antioxidants can help mitigate the damage and lower inflammation.
eat better protein: While every body’s needs are different, my clients who are navigating inflammation, hormone imbalance, and digestive issues, get better results when they focus on getting enough good quality protein.
Getting adequate bio-available protein each meal helps reduce snacking, supports mood regulation, and reduces reliance on carby snacks, which lowers inflammation. Animal sources of protein are far more bio-available than plant-based (click here to learn more about that). Personally, I aim for 30 grams of protein in every meal, mostly animal-based.
hydrate: Yes, really! Good hydration promotes healthy lymphatic flow, which serves, in part, to transport components of your immune system and carry debris and waste to elimination sites. Hydration can also lower blood pressure and is important for liver function.
How much water should you drink? It varies from person to person. For the average active adult with no kidney problems, I typically recommend half your body weight, in fluid ounces of water, every day. It’s also important to minimize dehydrating factors, such as alcohol or caffeine. If you are someone who deals with chronic diarrhea symptoms, this may also be dehydrating you.
other supplements to lower inflammation: Taking supplements is a waste of your resources if you are not also doing the work to address the root cause. But symptomatically, there are some supplements that can help lower inflammation and help reduce pain symptoms. Here are some of my favorites.
boswelia - from the bark of a boswelia tree, this extract is a powerful anti-inflammatory agent.
pycnogenol - another park extract, from the French Maritime Pine tree, this nutrient is loaded with polyphenols and bioflavonoids to combat oxidative damage and reduce inflammation.
Oxicell-SE (Apex Energetics) - one of my favorite topical products from working in pain management, this product supports mitochondrial function at the site of pain, which helps to heal tissue faster and reduce inflammation.
curcumin - Curcumin is the active anti-inflammatory component of turmeric. It is widely known to be very effective at reducing inflammation [4], and because it is fat-soluble, it’s absorption significantly increases when taken with healthy fats [5].
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BLOG REFERENCES
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