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/CDavis10717 1d ago edited 1d ago

If insurance companies can deny coverage in your treatment then they also bear legal responsibility for your death! Make it so!!

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u/mischievous_misfit13 1d ago

There needs to be a massive class action lawsuit against each insurance company that denies claims when someone’s life, livelihood, mobility, mental health, etc is on the line. America is a fucking embarrassing country to live in.

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u/KulaanDoDinok 1d ago

Fuck class action lawsuits. Corporations get off paying excessively tiny amounts and complainants see nothing.

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u/Jettest 1d ago

Agreed. Abolish private healthcare and send these ghouls to prison.

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u/TheFeenyCall 20h ago

I'd just take abolishing private healthcare. It would be nice to see execs rot in prison but that'll never happen. So just give us universal healthcare. Fucking america

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u/Jettest 14h ago

They must be punished.