slaacaa@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoDad with Stage 4 cancer dies after insurance company said tumor-shrinking treatment was ‘not medically necessary’nypost.comexternal-linkmessage-square180linkfedilinkarrow-up11.21Karrow-down10
arrow-up11.21Karrow-down1external-linkDad with Stage 4 cancer dies after insurance company said tumor-shrinking treatment was ‘not medically necessary’nypost.comslaacaa@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square180linkfedilink
minus-squareHypnotoad_@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·edit-23 months agoUntil you need surgery and it’s 400k. For clarity insurance is a scam. Not going without it in today’s climate is taking a massive risk, though Total scam. Shouldn’t exist. I hate it.
minus-squareCookieOfFortune@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 months agoIf you could predict everything perfectly then that’s fine. What if instead of a normal delivery, you needed a week in the NICU? Then that $20k quickly becomes $100k.
minus-squareHypnotoad_@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoAgain, in America, until literally anything happens. I’ve seen 7 figure bills hit ridiculously quick.
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Until you need surgery and it’s 400k. For clarity insurance is a scam. Not going without it in today’s climate is taking a massive risk, though
Total scam. Shouldn’t exist. I hate it.
If you could predict everything perfectly then that’s fine. What if instead of a normal delivery, you needed a week in the NICU? Then that $20k quickly becomes $100k.
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Again, in America, until literally anything happens. I’ve seen 7 figure bills hit ridiculously quick.
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