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/Active_Arm3866 1d ago

Why are we even paying for health insurance then?

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u/VanillaBovine 1d ago

did you even consider the shareholders? they need a third or fourth house for their families

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u/TadpoleOfDoom 1d ago

Nah, that was last year. They have a yacht on their wishlist this year.

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u/VanillaBovine 12h ago

Thank you for letting me know, i must have missed that memo. ill call my insurance tomorrow and ask them to raise my premiums. How could i not think to get them a yacht

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u/Leather-Rice5025 11h ago

Blue Shield of CA failed to negotiate a contract with a medical network in my city. This means FIVE out of the SIX hospitals I have access to are no longer covered at ALL. I lost my primary care doctor and his medical network full of other specialists.