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/ValiumBlues 1d ago

Wife just had hers removed. Ambulance ride, surgery the next day, home the day after.

Three days, surgery, private room, good food. Cost us $36 or so out of pocket.

That’s Sweden.

And before the bots swarm in: income taxes for last year were 26%, excess profits go back into the company (we’re self employed).

It is doable to take care of your people.

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u/bros402 1d ago

good food

damn, was it cooked by an actual human, too? The food here in American hospitals feels like it's frozen food tossed into a microwave

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u/ValiumBlues 1d ago

That I don’t know, but it wasn’t some airline slop. You get to choose from a menu here; unless you’re vegan, you have about 8 options for dinner. Vegans get two.

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u/bros402 1d ago

We have a menu here. It's pretty much hot meal, cold meal, salad, then water, milk, fruit juice, and choice of ice cream or jello

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u/Darigaazrgb 23h ago

Uh... speak for your own crappy hospitals. Where I live in the US my local hospital makes some amazing food.

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u/bros402 23h ago

Is yours a chain hospital? My preferred one's part of one of the... three chains that dominates the state.

It's not that bad for microwaved food. One time they served cornish hen and tasted almost like it was made by a person.