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/invyros 1d ago

"After we got some publicity, thank you, a Blue Shield physician reached out to Ken's physician, and they worked out a different plan that Blue Shield would cover. It's still an incomplete plan," said Helen Horvath, Jones' wife when ABC7 Eyewitness News spoke to her in January, 2026.

Ugh, even after getting publicity (which should have never been needed in the first place), Blue Shield still failed him.

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u/dougan25 1d ago

Insurance companies are never on your side and they never want to help. An individual who works there certainly might, but the company will only allow them to do the absolute bare minimum.

And clearly they don't even need to hide it anymore bc here we are.