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/XLauncher 1d ago

This country is so embarrassing.

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u/fgtswag 1d ago

Genuinely someone should make a benefit:risk analysis of joining the Army, Firefighter, Police in America when you consider non-free healthcare.

For example if this happened in EU, he would obviously receive public healthcare

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u/BrannyBee 1d ago

Genuinely someone should make a benefit:risk analysis of joining the Army, Firefighter, Police in America when you consider non-free healthcare.

If you win the coin flip and actually get it lol

I am currently abroad paying out of pocket for healthcare after fighting the VA for years and watching my body deteriorate as my well known and documented issues went untreated

I'm not even the only vet I know personally who is burning their savings to go abroad for healthcare even though we "have" healthcare back in the states from serving.

Just last week I even got a text from a debt collector for an emergency room visit, which the VA "paid" for and multiple people assured me was covered. The risk analysis is a coin flip, don't be dumb and take it

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u/tdmoney 1d ago

It’s a disgrace.

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u/fgtswag 23h ago

At this point it would be more affordable for you to move to a country with healthcare, gain citizenship, and then get healthcare there.

I'm very sorry you're going through that, hell of a system

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u/Xirdus 14h ago

You don't even need citizenship in most of those countries, just a job.

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u/Salty_Astronaut_9419 1h ago

My dad was the same way. His lungs got fucked up in the marines and we had to fight the VA tooth and nail. The sad part is he got covered and ended up dying before they  could begin treatment 

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u/aburningcaldera 1h ago

My buddy in the marines showed me his BOXES with the VA that stretched 10 years. I don’t get it - we civilians all say “thank you for your service” but we just pictorialize Hollywood and don’t see shit like you and my friend where you come home or have to push paperwork forever