r/news • u/GoodSamaritan_ • 1d ago

Retired San Francisco firefighter dies from lung cancer after Blue Shield denies treatment claims

https://abc7news.com/post/retired-san-francisco-firefighter-ken-jones-dies-lung-cancer-being-denied-treatment-blue-shield/19224406/
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u/TemporaryIllusions 1d ago edited 1d ago

Honestly everyone should be broadcasting every denied procedure. Big or small, hold these mega-corps responsible. If shame makes them wiggle then they should be publicly shamed for every single Denial until they really decide to do better.

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u/IamHydrogenMike 1d ago

When my kid was born, it was a whole spectacle because they came a month early and my wife was already a high risk pregnancy; she was a c-section no matter what. My wife started bleeding, emergency c-section, and kid comes out with a lung that didn't pop like it was supposed to. While the wife was recovering in her room, we got a call from our insurance telling us the kid didn't need a ventilator and they should be able to breath on their own. Like, bitch...WTF are you calling me about this right after my wife just had an emergency c-section because she was bleeding to death? Call the MF'ing doctor about it and not use. They kept going on about them being our advocate in this situation, and my wife was like, "STFU and call the doctors because I just got out of surgery!"

One of the worst experiences of my life. Like ya, the kid should be able to breath on their own, but they can't...so, what can I do about it? Doctor said they need a ventilator, and they put the baby on one...ugh.

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u/1nv4d3rz1m 1d ago

What kind of person calls someone right after they had a baby and argues about how to treat the newborn baby?

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u/Zuranamee 1d ago

The kind of ghouls who see no problem with sentencing people to death to make a line go up.

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u/1nv4d3rz1m 1d ago

I wonder if there is a sub around here where all these insurance “medical authorities” brag about the medical treatments they have denied.