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There was an article in the news today. Woman with stage 4 cancer got treatment denied by her insurance company because the treatment only had a 30% chance of s
by systemtest 3y ago
There was an article in the news today. Woman with stage 4 cancer got treatment denied by her insurance company because the treatment only had a 30% chance of succes. The operation would cost 150k out of pocket. She was, and I quote "not profitable enough". It took them 9 weeks to tell her this news. It is a death sentence to her. In the video you can hear her 5 month old baby in the background.
https://twitter.com/zeg_eens_aad/status/1656194692202090498 https://twitter.com/zeg_eens_aad/status/1656194692202090498
- paulddraper 3y agoThat sucks, a terrible situation. On an objective note, stage 4 cancer and 70% chance of failure...sounds like it was mostly a death sentence from the start.
- ksaun 3y agoIt depends on the specifics of her situation. If the 30% is the chance of it being curative (as opposed to just dealing with the currently known tumors), then even if the treatment "failed," it might still allow her to live several additional years and/or be in better health for her time remaining.
- ecommerceguy 3y agoIs this in the USA or Europe? I think it's important to point out given how widespread blatantly false information is given by leftist Americans when comparing US health insurance to European Health insurance.
- polski-g 3y agoEurope has death panels. America does not, we provide coverage regardless of success chance, one reason why its so expensive. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/49843550_The_real-life_death_panel_reformed https://www.researchgate.net/publication/49843550_The_real-l...