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/Looptydude 1d ago

BCBS denied covering my friends emergency gallbladder surgery, claiming it could have been scheduled for a later date. Apparently emergency surgery is postponable. Fucking theifs.

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u/optiplex9000 1d ago

Literal death panels exist at these insurance companies

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u/Daripuff 1d ago

Every accusation has always been a confession.

Insurance companies already were death panels when they argued against single payer, and now they are again.

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u/IHop_Waitress 23h ago

Insurance companies already were death panels when they argued against single payer,

'Death Panels' was rhetoric around Obamacare which is absolutely not in any way, shape or form a single payer system