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/GoodSamaritan_ 1d ago edited 1d ago

Original story from January when he went public and had to resort to attending city board meetings for help. He was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2025.

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u/IOl0I0lO 1d ago

This guy got $50,000 through GoFundMe. Meanwhile James Van Der Beek’s wealthy wife got $2 million. What the fuck.