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Healthcare CEOs and Insurance companies are in an ever-escalating competition to squeeze as much money and labor as possible out of their workers and patients. My recent comment history actually has several related rants.
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My 3 yo son got diagnosed with Ewing’s Sarcoma and had surgery to remove a chunk of his spinal cord (that’s where the tumor was). He finished his first round of chemo and was scheduled to do some in-patient PT at a facility 0.2 miles away from the hospital he was in.
I straight up said “send it to collections. I don’t care. My son has cancer.” They fought for 6 months before going down to $250. I gave in.
Another: There’s a medication you take to cause your marrow to produce white blood cells quickly (the downside is that your bones feel like your burning—at least that’s how my son described it at 3 years old). This medication saves money in the long term since it means fewer ER visits for a cancer patient.
Coverage denied. Every. Time. Appealed every time, and got it covered. I probably spent close to 20 hours on calls & on hold just to get it covered for each treatment (~50 weeks I think?).
I make decent money (by my area’s standards) have very good insurance through my work, too. Despite all that, I had to dip into retirement & college funds to pay for various treatment. Hit out of pocket maximum every time and they always find something to deny.
It was fucking exhausting. Still is with ongoing issues and regular scans. He’s clear (so far) but man, fuck paid health insurance.
At this point I'm just waiting for their greed to tear the system down. Good luck circulating money through the economy when only the rich have it.
I mean.......you just described the conditions needed for hyper inflation.
looks at the last 4 years
.........wait, why are you still waiting?
Because I live with the false pretense that I will be endangering my kids.
This is why we need a national healthcare system. Nationalize the entire thing and force rich people on it.
Oh I got hit with this shit last year. I immediately switched doctors and told my doctor exactly why. This should be illegal.
Just wait until they own all the doctors. Your choices will be "pay the fee" or "walk it off"