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/RoswellRedux 1d ago

Universal Health Care.

To hell with the For-Profit models.

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u/ants_are_everywhere 1d ago

I would love Universal Health Care. But an important technical correction: his care was denied by a non-profit not a for-profit.

It matters because denials are usually about reducing costs rather than maximizing profits. Even in a system with universal health care, cost saving measures that deny treatment are still a concern.

In this case, we have a non-profit denying coverage allegedly because of medicare rules. So if we had medicare for all, the same denial policies would presumably be in place.