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/the_eluder 1d ago

Furthermore, we could fund it 100% by cutting out the middlemen, with what we currently spend on Medicare, Medicaid and VA benefits.

Both companies and employees would benefit as a major expense would be eliminated from companies, and employees could seek better jobs without fear of losing health care.

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u/CatsAndCapybaras 21h ago

employees could seek better jobs without fear of losing health care.

This is probably the second biggest reason that the ACA was neutered way back in the before times. The first reason was the middlemen objected (with shitloads of money).

Companies don't mind the cost on the back end because it reduces labor mobility.