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Aerows

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9. We will never get health care for all

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Mon Mar 30, 2015, 05:38 PM

Mar 2015

until we sue the ever living fuck out of insurance companies and make their business unprofitable.

And hospitals.

I'm sorry if that is something that will make those who work at insurance company's and hospital's lives miserable in the short term, the problem isn't with you, the worker. It is with the head of the snake that is the problem, and it has to be cut off for just, compassionate care to happen in this nation.

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HMO Must Pay $28M For Delaying MRI That Could Have Saved Cancer Patient�s Leg [View all] KamaAina Mar 2015 OP

This is an awful story. elleng Mar 2015 #1

There are good and bad physicians at every facility, which is why if the patient still_one Mar 2015 #2

If they can afford to pay for it in the first place arcane1 Mar 2015 #4

Doesn't. Matter, it is a persons life that is at stake, and like I said they can always deal with still_one Mar 2015 #11

They'll let you receive the service without paying in advance, out of network? arcane1 Mar 2015 #13

no, you will have to pay for it if insurance doesn't cover it, but you can fight for reimbursement still_one Mar 2015 #15

Ah ok. I see what you're saying. arcane1 Mar 2015 #16

and have the time and persistence to win a battle of attrition with the insurance Doctor_J Mar 2015 #21

True and, especially after this award, elleng Mar 2015 #5

Similar for me but not so sad catrose Mar 2015 #3

Good. Money is all these people understand. RedCappedBandit Mar 2015 #6

I've had Kaiser ins since the 80s procon Mar 2015 #7

It was Kaiser's fault not the doctor. Dont call me Shirley Mar 2015 #18

How in the hell can you be both... Oilwellian Mar 2015 #8

We will never get health care for all Aerows Mar 2015 #9

yeah, i have kaiser too shanti Mar 2015 #10

A colonoscopy is the gold standard, you are correct. For such procedures as colonoscopy, still_one Mar 2015 #14

Acupuncture - Politics of SF Bay Area daredtowork Mar 2015 #12

17 year old girl... Dont call me Shirley Mar 2015 #17

That is a horrible outcome. AtomicKitten Mar 2015 #19

a uniquely American story Doctor_J Mar 2015 #20

But not Kaiser KamaAina Mar 2015 #22

They are no different from any other. They are required by law to pay as little as Doctor_J Mar 2015 #23