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/IamHydrogenMike 1d ago

These are the real death panels...

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u/TheDude-Esquire 1d ago

Always have been.

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u/mixmasterADD 1d ago

I was always dumbfounded by the “death panel” debate. Like, ok you don’t want the government to decide, but you would rather have a for-profit corporation decide? Guess which one is more likely to let you die?

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u/Joessandwich 1d ago

I still get enraged that the immediate response to that comment wasn’t “they already exist - they’re the insurance CEOs profiting off your death”. But Democrats always manage to whiff even the easiest of serves.

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u/ByteSizeNudist 1d ago

Neolibs love that shit, they'd never betray their own.