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9 days

Patient Dies by Suicide After ‘Insurance Issue’ Delayed Medicine for Lung Disease Flare-Ups

kffhealthnews.org English

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/inforeport/p/1438519/patient-dies-by-suicide-after-insurance-issue-delayed-medicine-for-lung-disease-flare-up

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    Patient Dies by Suicide After ‘Insurance Issue’ Delayed Medicine for Lung Disease Flare-Ups - KFF Health News
    kffhealthnews.org
    Hours after experiencing a flare-up related to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Kenney Blewett of Kyle, Texas, died by suicide in June. A medication his doctor prescribed days earlier to ease his breathing problems hadn’t been filled due to an “insurance issue,” his pharmacy explained via email.
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    • oh_@lemmy.world
      8 days

      It wasn’t suicide, insurance company killed him IMO.

        • sartalon@lemmy.world
          8 days

          That is not an opinion, but on objective truth.

        • betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world
          9 days

          How will the people in charge be able to afford their new mega-yachts if they pay for frivolous luxuries like breathing medications though? Come on, it’s simple math!

            • Zaktor@sopuli.xyzEnglish
              8 days

              Even more easily now that they don’t need to pay for this medication. Sick patients killing themselves is probably seen as a result to be encouraged in the boardroom.

              • lauha@lemmy.world
                8 days

                Yeah, good thing Trump is defending the billionaires’ basic human right for third super yacht again these greedy peasant demanding the luxury of staying alive :((

                  • betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world
                    8 days

                    In the arms of the angel
                    Fly awaaaay from here
                    From this dark, cold hotel room
                    And the endlessness that you fear

                    Hi, I’m Sarah Huckabee Sanders. Will you be an angel for a helpless billionaire?

                • Boo! Haunted House!@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  8 days

                  Delay, Deny, Depose.

                  • king_comrade@lemmy.world
                    8 days

                    Keep killing CEO’s, it is so far the most reliable way to save lives.

                      • some_designer_dude@lemmy.worldEnglish
                        8 days

                        You need to wipe out the boards. CEOs are just evil chumps willing to be the face of the board’s evil doings.

                          • Freeposity@lemmy.worldEnglish
                            8 days

                            Yep, most people don’t get this.

                        • Freeposity@lemmy.worldEnglish
                          8 days

                          We need more Italian plumbers.

                            • No_Ones_Slick_Like_Gaston@lemmy.world
                              8 days

                              🤌 🤌 🤌 🤌

                            • Olgratin_Magmatoe@slrpnk.netEnglish
                              8 days

                              “Dies by suicide” is a euphemism for murdered.

                              • DarkFuture@lemmy.worldEnglish
                                8 days

                                A nation that can’t take care of its own citizens is doomed to collapse.

                                • CheesyFingers@piefed.socialEnglish
                                  8 days

                                  Insurance company murders client

                                  • forkDestroyer@infosec.pubEnglish
                                    8 days

                                    Without opening the article, guessing: United Healthcare?

                                      • gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world
                                        8 days

                                        Walgreens didn’t send prior authorization because they’re understaffed after getting bought out by private equity and their employees fuck up a lot, Medicare Part B demanded prior authorization because they have to follow shitty rules that deny healthcare because Congress is a pack of assholes

                                        • brvslvrnst@lemmy.ml
                                          7 days

                                          They don’t say 👀

                                          Edit: I need to work on reading comprehension in the morning

                                            • Zaktor@sopuli.xyzEnglish
                                              8 days

                                              They name all the potentially responsible parties in the article.

                                                • brvslvrnst@lemmy.ml
                                                  7 days

                                                  Son of a gun, I was looking for an explicit healthcare corp to pop up and my brain completely missed Medicare lol my bad y’all

                                                  Edit: even worse: I just now see that medigap bit too. Big old reading comprehension failure up in here, pay me no mind

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