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56. true...its just sick!

Reply to Dustlawyer (Reply #40)

Mon Dec 11, 2017, 07:24 PM

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Girl has blunt message for Aetna after her brain surgery request was denied [View all] n2doc Dec 2017 OP

Those asshole insurance companies Beakybird Dec 2017 #1

It works so well having them as the middleman in our healtcare Alice11111 Dec 2017 #35

Aetna is part of the American Criminal Enterprise Healthcare System democratisphere Dec 2017 #2

I hope somone starts a "Go Fund Me" page for her (nt) question everything Dec 2017 #3

I am sure insurance companies just LOVE medical gofundmes Skittles Dec 2017 #5

Right. But if the goal is to help the patient, than use whatever means necessary (nt) question everything Dec 2017 #7

The insurance company already approved the more expensive standard procedure Hav Dec 2017 #9

Laser ablation has been established for years. LanternWaste Dec 2017 #11

I did read the story Hav Dec 2017 #15

The insurance companies know that more people will choose NOT to have the invasive procedure Dustlawyer Dec 2017 #18

and...if they approve an "experimental" one...they know those surgeries mentalslavery Dec 2017 #26

Or there will be a huge influx of these procedures, Dustlawyer Dec 2017 #40

true...its just sick! mentalslavery Dec 2017 #56

Really, let the sympathetic people fund people in need Alice11111 Dec 2017 #38

Ding, Ding, Ding We have a winna Ferrets are Cool Dec 2017 #61

To be fair Hav Dec 2017 #4

Yes. You and I seem to have actually read the article, which makes marybourg Dec 2017 #13

Not a financial issue and the "selective editing" undermines credibility grantcart Dec 2017 #44

You should be ashamed metalbot Dec 2017 #53

I am guilty. Thank you for your diligence. Ferrets are Cool Dec 2017 #62

Wrong. It was greed alone. kcr Dec 2017 #68

I'd take minimally invasive and successful 50% of the time Ms. Toad Dec 2017 #73

Shame on Aetna. For shame. CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2017 #6

Insurance Company driven health care. jalan48 Dec 2017 #8

At least the government wasn't getting between her and her doctor! WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2017 #10

But Aetna's CEO will walk away with $500 million in the CVS deal. Tanuki Dec 2017 #12

Obama's Death Panels hurple Dec 2017 #14

Sarcasm emoji will prevent alerts. irisblue Dec 2017 #36

Yesh, I learned that. Alice11111 Dec 2017 #39

I suppose GOP Congress Critters are toasting the decision with some Dom Perignon about now world wide wally Dec 2017 #16

We need to get rid of insurance companies. Poor girl. Maybe a GoFundMe account? nt Honeycombe8 Dec 2017 #17

I have an even blunter message for Aetna. 47of74 Dec 2017 #19

Boycott CVS bathroommonkey76 Dec 2017 #20

Aetna just bought out our insurance company benld74 Dec 2017 #21

that is the plan Angry Dragon Dec 2017 #65

That's a seriously stupid thing for an insurance company to do based solely on the dollars Vinca Dec 2017 #22

You didn't read the article. They did approve a more established and more expensive option grantcart Dec 2017 #45

One that is also more dangerous and outdated. They know patients won't chose it. kcr Dec 2017 #69

ah approving a more expensive option is being greedy grantcart Dec 2017 #74

They remove the top of the skull kcr Dec 2017 #75

Greedy is a pretty straight forward word, you should learn its meaning if you are going to use it. grantcart Dec 2017 #80

Single payer. Single payer. Single payer. PatrickforO Dec 2017 #23

Can't say it enough... Agreed Kimchijeon Dec 2017 #25

I'm a big supporter of single payer, but this is exactly the kind of decision marybourg Dec 2017 #31

Yeah, but as someone said above, insurance companies Alice11111 Dec 2017 #42

Yes, I said it myself, but it's also true that governments - when they are the single payer- marybourg Dec 2017 #59

Yeah Alice11111 Dec 2017 #63

How would single payer change her situation? ecstatic Dec 2017 #54

Single Payer systems dont pay for everything, all the time. Doesnt look like the UKs NHS... Marengo Dec 2017 #77

While Aetna may be short-sighted, the procedure they approved has better outcomes, costs more, etc. Hoyt Dec 2017 #24

I know another 16 year old girl who got the temporal lobectomy to stop her seizures. lapfog_1 Dec 2017 #27

I get it too. I also get Medtronic is behind much of the research and 70% Hoyt Dec 2017 #29

laser ablation does not preclude future surgeries. lapfog_1 Dec 2017 #33

There is a decision tree that is used Horse with no Name Dec 2017 #71

KnR Hekate Dec 2017 #28

This is why we need single payer! Luciferous Dec 2017 #30

Please see my response, # 31, above. nt marybourg Dec 2017 #32

Youd get the same issue over this very procedure with single payer. Hoyt Dec 2017 #34

UKs NHS doesnt appear to cover laser ablation either. Marengo Dec 2017 #78

If the doctor wants to do this procedure and the patient agrees...then Aetna STFU ! Kirk Lover Dec 2017 #37

You think healthcare is costly now, whether Medicare or not, let docs do whatever they want. Hoyt Dec 2017 #46

I will be done with Aetna on 1/1/2018 Soxderrube Dec 2017 #41

Unfortunately, you are going to run into the same thing with Medicare's drug plan. Hoyt Dec 2017 #48

And speaking of Aetna... MizzM Dec 2017 #43

Virtually all medical insurance will subrogate....... WillowTree Dec 2017 #79

I had breast cancer when I was 48 Phoenix61 Dec 2017 #47

My wife had it at 49. That was her first cancer DFW Dec 2017 #52

In Ontario, Canada... roamer65 Dec 2017 #49

A.E.T.N.A. DFW Dec 2017 #50

Corporations have only your best interests in mind Angry Dragon Dec 2017 #51

They approved a more costly surgery that has a higher success rate. tammywammy Dec 2017 #55

And a higher complication rate because Crunchy Frog Dec 2017 #60

also more dangerous Angry Dragon Dec 2017 #64

**** AETNA WILL PAY FOR THE MORE EXPENSIVE HIGHER OUTCOME PROCEDURE *** (read the article) uponit7771 Dec 2017 #57

*****PEOPLE ARE READING THE ARTICLE. THE PROCEDURE IS FAR MORE DANGEROUS********** kcr Dec 2017 #76

In the CVS-Aetna merger Turbineguy Dec 2017 #58

Aetna made $2.3 billion in profits last year & paid CEO $17.3 million yurbud Dec 2017 #66

further proof that debate shouldn't be over single payer but whether insurance execs yurbud Dec 2017 #67

Laser Ablation is tricky to code Horse with no Name Dec 2017 #70

I hope they appeal tavalon Dec 2017 #72