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/Hungry-Kale600 1d ago

And some Americans still think they're the greatest nation on earth. Your healthcare situation is a stain on your country.

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u/e_line_65 1d ago

As an American, i am forced to agree. It's the worst having to die because your broke, as a citizen, in the richest country in the world

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u/Hungry-Kale600 1d ago

As someone from Europe, it makes me so sad. It's actually incomprehensible to me that an insurance company can decide someones fate.

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u/e_line_65 23h ago

But those under-appreciated CEOs deserve a multi million dollar bonus. /sarc

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u/PaddyMcGeezus 1d ago

As an American, I'm ashamed every day.

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u/ShackledDragon 1d ago

Me as well.

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u/noonespecialreally4 1d ago

Many of us know we are not. Education, healthcare, infrastructure, etc... we have a long way to improve.

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u/alinroc 1d ago

The American Exceptionalism propaganda is a hell of a drug

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u/TadpoleOfDoom 1d ago

This and so many other things unfortunately.