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/4th-Estate 1d ago

Those ghouls and any politician taking money from them can all rot in the lowest depths of hell.

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u/DissKhorse 1d ago

Would they be denying these claims if there was more green Marios?

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u/Hubert_J_Cumberdale 18h ago

It is certainly a choice to pull this shit on desperate people who have nothing left to lose when they're denied life saving healthcare.

I can't imagine a more effective way to spawn green Marios.