Terminal Health Insurance

[jxh261]

I'd like to see this video on Fox or CNN but alas it doesn't support their lie that the USA has rthe best care on the planet and they don't need gunernmint rationing care.

Sounds to me BC/BS does it's own rationing based on profit.

[thoughtsurfer1]

She should go before congress like next week. I also have Blue Crap/Blue Shit, with a $1500 deductible, no doctors visits, no nothing. Basically, I have no insurance really. Every American who believes in justice should march to Congressman "Boner"'s office in Ohio and tell him what we think of his insurance lobby representation.

[healthmusic]

Hello Beth, I hope things can get better. Please do not give up. We need universal healthcare. We must accomplish where nobody has to be uninsured, even if employer don't offer it; even if you lost your job and can't afford the cobra, even if you have pre-existing conditions. Best Wishes and Bear Hugs, Hai / Juan

[healthmusic]

I have tried to send message on your page; error occurred. I have wondered if you are still alive. I will do what I can to see that your efforts are not in vain. I plan to attend a strategy conference Nov 15 & 16.

Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in healthcare is the most shocking and inhumane.

----Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr.

[vendictiverep]

People that sign up for a health insurance plan should know their ***damn benefits before they whine and expect coverage for something. The Dr's don't give a s*** about the patients. Have you ever seen what kind of car your Dr. drives? What kind of home they live in? How come the Dr. didn't offer to provide this so-called life saving service, regardless of the patient's ability to pay? Hmmmm...wonder who the real devil is. It ain't Blue Cross, and they don't argue benefits.

[healthmusic]

I clicked thumbs down. Knowing their damn benefits is much easier said than done. We need HR676 single-payer for all.

However, I am in agreement with you here, "Why didn't doctors offer life saving treatment regardless of her ability to pay?" Oh, it ain't Blue Cross? They are a business; Our lives should NEVER be business.

[healthmusic]

This comment was intended for vendictiverep. His complaining about a dying woman's whining is ludicrous; where is the humanity.

My Old Friend Martin said, "Of All The Forms Of Inequality, Injustice in Healthcare is the MOST SHOCKING and Inhumane."

[OneVoice4HealthCare]

Please remember that I have eventually won each argument with Blue Cross because my "damn benefits" ( per Vindictive) that I paid 35 years for DID cover me. I worked for an insurance company, they delay and deny routinely. My doctor is still paying off her college loans, why should she treat patients for free when we already paid our premiums to an insurance company for coverage? This is a failure of the insurance company to provide a product I already more than paid for.

[sandroeleven]

bc docs cannot keep giving passes to every patient.

[OneVoice4HealthCare]

what do you mean by passes? My 1st oncologist refused to give me new drugs because "the insurance company doesn't like to pay for them". I went from curable to terminal as a result. What pass did he give me?

[sandroeleven]

My response was to vendi. If your doc refused to ist b.c he couldnt. Many docs see pts without healthcare but they cannot do it for everyone.

[OneVoice4HealthCare]

Ah, thanks for the explanation. Yes, some doctors not in groups can do that. My doctor is not the big expense, it's the drugs. One cost $1800 every 3 weeks, another is $1200 each month. The doctor has no control over those costs. Sometimes people make comments that aren't based on real experience.

[sandroeleven]

docs lose money when they see ppl they dont get reimbursed for.

[OneVoice4HealthCare]

Vindictive,I have just read this after nearly losing my life 2 months ago and just now stabilized only to read your post to me, how dare you accuse me of "whining" after paying for 35 years for insurance and then expecting to get ah...INSURED? My doctor is NOT the problem, she is the solution. Blue Cross DOES argue benefits,2 weeks ago they denied me Xeloda, look it up. It's STANDARD treatment for my cancer. Once again my doctor had to spend hours fighting them instead of the cancer! Get real...

[ehsanul]

I'm really sorry to hear about your problems. :(

This really shows how messed up the health system in America is, and I hope your story helps to make a much needed change for America.

[Modeltrainguy]

Stunning Video! O_O

[myfletcher]

doesn't our system suck.

but we have enough money to send overseas to fight aids in the "third world"

we have enough money to send 80 billion to Isael in military aid

we have enough money to send to everyone and their brother, but we don't have enough to save the people that the government took the money from in the first place.

write, email your public officials....we need a national health care system

we have nationalized education, roads, parks military

Y not healthcare?

[healthmusic]

nyfletcher, I am in hearty agreement with you. You get a thumbs up from me. Nationalized education, nationalized police department, nationalized fire department, nationalized roads, nationalized parts, nationalized military. We should have Nationalized Healthcare as well. We need HR 676; a single-payer.

[BHWSharp]

I am an American, but now live in Italy with my husband. Here the healthcare system is ran by the government and from seeing and living in both systems (private health care and government healthcare) the governmental health care is better. Granted, here in Italy we pay ALOT more taxes, but if you look at it compared to the cost of insurance in America it is about the same, but here you get treated. I am sorry, and saddened by your story and I wish you much luck and many more years.

[JohnnyRock2000]

Been there too, but not with an issue as serious as yours...

It is the denial of claim that is the heart of the issue. It works for the insurance company as they have a denial infrastructure in place and to fight it is draining for even healthy people.

After 8 months of denial...denial, I got a insurance lawyer, he sent his 'lawyer letter', and the claim was accepted. The best of luck to you. Small claims court might be an answer too.

[healthmusic]

Beth, Hope this finds you still alive. I am a folk singer/songwriter; advocate for affordable healthcare. If you die and life could have been saved; it's murderers. You may inspire future song.

Support HR 676; Single Payer. NO American should go through what Beth did. There is NO excuse for this great nation to have this "hack-job" of a system.

Inspirationn of "Pirates of Health Care-ibbean." Piracy happens among insuranc companies & drug company.

AFFORDABLE HEALTHCARE IS A RIGHT! AMEN?

[OneVoice4HealthCare]

HealthMusic, Thank you for your post. Yes, I'm still alive, still fighting the cancer. I've been in weekly treatment that Blue Cross continues to deny. They send 2-3 letters every week denying payment. The good news is that my daughter just graduated from college, my son from high school. I was once told I'd never make it to their graduations. Our government must force the insurance industry to provide HealthCARE or replace them altogether. What has happened to me, can happen to anyone!

Beth

[healthmusic]

Beth, You are absolutely right. But I fear the only option is replace insurance; Single-payer. Our "hack job" is a national disgrace. AFFORDABLE HEALTHCARE IS A RIGHT! Every other developed nation sees it that way.

I wonder if antenioplastins might help; a non-toxic form of chemotherapy. Dr. Burzinski.

Last year we lost close friend to breast cancer. But maybe not the cancer, but mistake in radiation therapy.

[woodcutter23]

It is unbelievable that one of the riches countries in the world can treat its citizens like like this

America you should be ashamed to let this happen ,health care should be free for all not for only the people that can afford it

For someone like me from England this make no sense to me at all

I hope this lady all the best

[aha197011]

This has been coming for a long time. Before Hillary Clinton was vilified in the 1990's for supporting universal health care, my Aunt died from cancer because she quit work to marry my Uncle and was diagnosed with cancer before my Uncle's insurance would take her on. Of course once she had cancer, no insurance company would agree to take her. And after my Aunt died, a good friend of ours died from cancer for a different reason because his insurance denied treatment to him.

[78sha]

I agree no one should have to fight an insurance company because they are supposed to serve and help their customers. You are in my prayers and I hope that you get well. It is very important to check what you policy covers and don't cover before you buy insurance and to scout out different insurance companies that can meet your needs.

God bless you lady

[josephdupont]

tAKE BLUE CROSS TO SMALL CLAIMS COURT ON GROUPS OF BILLS THAT ARE NOT COVERED. IT HAS WORKED IN THE PAST. THEY HAVE TO SEND A LAWYER EACH TIME.

[josephdupont]

yOU NEED TO PUBLISH THE NAMES OF THOSE CALLOUS DOCTORS AND THE NAMEM OF YOUR INSURANCE COMPANY.. AND ASK US TO SPREAD THIS YOU TUBE. WE WILL.

[Saddox]

This is a very sad video, and strange to see that this kind of torture exists in a wealthy land. If she would have lived in Sweden, ALL had been covered.

[winker100]

Thats very sad...because i dont know how you feel if you dont have helth insurance because in my country Slovenia we pay for it in taxes...and we have all health care..ALL!!!...we pay with taxes..but if you have small income the goverment pays for you..and if you are uninployd the govermnet pays for you too...we don have health insurance!!! we dont recive letters that is denide!!!!

[1mayven]

We need Single-Payer healthcare. Insurance companies and their profit motives do not work in healthcare! This is not a commodity like shoes or cars and what is happening to this woman is criminal. check out myspace . com /onecarenoworg and support the real reform so this never happens to anyone else!

[icorona23]

I have fond that there has been several occasions that Blue Crossis declining coverage for patients including prescriptons. That's sad cause a lot of proplr have this provider and don't realize they are not in good hands.

[sarkishiking]

Did you buy life insurance before you were diagnosed?

[OneVoice4HealthCare]

Yes, I am a single parent raising 2 kids without financial help from their father. So years ago I bought both life insurance and Long Term Disability insurance to make sure my kids would be ok if something catastrophic happened. It's a relief to me that I have this. Even with my diagnosis their father still refuses to support them in any way, shape or form. This is part of the major problem in this country for single moms who get sick. I talk to women like me every day.

[arrowsparrow]

Is this not another case of RICCO?????

[arrowsparrow]

This makes me sick. I too have Blue Cross. With my work injury and through HIPPA (which I pay for out of my 401k. I too can't certain tests. WHAT THE Hell can we do???? Meanwhile the damn illegals get it all for nothing.

[OneVoice4HealthCare]

I'm sorry you are having issues with your work injury. What we can do is contact our government representatives, write to anyone who will listen that this happens to good people. What doesn't help is blaming the illegals. They have nothing to do with your situation or mine. They aren't taking from either of us. We American's are better than this and it starts by pointing the finger at the our government and ask them why they have better care than those of us paying their salaries.

[kmcl11]

Sadly if this woman was on welfare, she would have gotten the treatment. The go'vt pays for ppl on welfare but will not supplement those of us who work. With mounting medical bills, many people end up losing homes and having their credit ruined.

[LohaSass]

Wow! Moving statement. Thanks for sharing. You should consider submitting this video to Michael Moore and Oprah. I'm sorry you have to go through this.

I just feel as helpless as you do abt this problem in our country. How do we change this? Letters to this Congress & President seem to be ineffective.

[OneVoice4HealthCare]

Thanks LohaSass. I'm not sure how to change this other than to keep speaking out. I feel helpless just as you do, but I know that I will die, perhaps without health care I trusted would not dump me when I needed it. I want to at least try to make sure this nightmare doesn't happen to another trusting, hard working American. And so we speak out...and hope someone hears and finds enough compassion in their heart to speak up too. You did, that gives me hope!

[cecilbdml]

How would the government version be BETTER?!

Sheesh, folks! You're going to have restrictions on what is covered whether your insurance is private or taxpayer-funded!  The ONLY way to get around this, is to PAY CASH AS YOU GO. Get the middle man out from between you and your doctor, and see how much less your care can be.

[OneVoice4HealthCare]

Cecil...PAY CASH AS YOU GO isn't even an option for anyone who is reallysick. My bills from the doctors and hospitals total well over $250,000 for cancer care. The benefit you get from government or insurance is that as a group they negotiate discounts. This is how Medicare works.

[lyyn77]

My mother is going through a similiar problem with the same health care provider, stay strong and thank you for sharing your story!!

[kimjp01]

excellent job of telling a very sad story about our health care system