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Insurance refused to cover imaging to identify my spouse's squamous cell carcinoma on an ovary because initial bloodwork didn't come back positive for ovarian c
by starkparker 3mo ago
Insurance refused to cover imaging to identify my spouse's squamous cell carcinoma on an ovary because initial bloodwork didn't come back positive for ovarian cancer (squamous cell required different bloodwork, at least at the time).
It took a doctor offering to misdiagnose it as a dermoid cyst to get the imaging and hysterectomy ordered and approved, and that still took 2 months. By the time it happened, the cancer had metastasized.
The imaging would've cost a few thousand dollars. The hysterectomy would've cost about $20k-40k. Chemo was unsuccessful, and she died 9 months and about $2 million in medical bills later.
- OutOfHere 3mo agoWhich insurance firm was this? Fwiw, if one has a passport and some funds, one can travel abroad for cheaper surgery abroad. It won't guarantee an outcome, but it ought to be better than delaying it. Of course this in no way excuses the insurance firm.
- vkou 3mo ago> Which insurance firm was this? Any of them. They all behave in this exact same fucking way. Every single one has horror stories like this. Sometimes you get lucky, and they don't fuck your particular case over, sometimes you don't.
- illliillll 3mo agoOr get the international plan from Cigna and they will happily pay for just about anything from any non-US provider. So far over $5M into complex cancer care at the fanciest clinics in the world and never been questioned on a single claim.