Insurer Targets Breast Cancer Patients to cancel (SHAME ON THEM!)

RE
RE Member Posts: 4,591 Member
edited March 2014 in Breast Cancer #1
Just stumbled onto this article thought you all might be interested in reading it.

Insurer targeted Breast Cancer Patients to cancel

Take Care,

RE

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  • cats_toy
    cats_toy Member Posts: 1,462 Member
    #2
    disturbing
    don't know what else to say.
    thanks for letting us know RE
    Cat
  • aisling8
    aisling8 Member Posts: 1,627 Member
    #3
    cats_toy said:

    disturbing
    don't know what else to say.
    thanks for letting us know RE
    Cat

    very very scary
    this is my nightmare. well, one of them.

    Victoria
  • mimivac
    mimivac Member Posts: 2,143 Member
    #4
    I read this on another site and it made me so angry. These are women's lives they're dealing with and insurance companies are making erroneous decisions that cause disability and financial ruin. You can't make a person whole after that. It's maddening.
  • GregStahl
    GregStahl Member Posts: 188
    #5
    Its not just....
    Its not just insurance companies. Many corporations are now self insured and use health insurance companies to administer the plans. A ton of these companies lay off, fire, move employees to avoid the expense. I have seen at my Co (I wont name the world wide leader in IT services support) many people with cancer as well as other critical medical issues, come back and get caught up in resource actions or the new way to get rid of people.....tell them that thier job responsibilities have been transfered to another state and they need to report in 30 or 60 days to the new location. If they do not report it is considered a voluntary resignation. Its all 100% legal and means no RA package, no unemployment, no COBRA.

    I am NOT telling my employer anything about my wifes situation, just taking vacation time when needed (Lucky to have 5 weeks and 1 day of time).
  • survivorbc09
    survivorbc09 Member Posts: 4,374 Member
    #6
    cats_toy said:

    disturbing
    don't know what else to say.
    thanks for letting us know RE
    Cat

    This is not only disturbing,
    This is not only disturbing, but, scary. Thanks for the info!
  • lynn1950
    lynn1950 Member Posts: 2,570
    #7
    Thanks for sharing this.
    Thanks for sharing this. xoxoxoxo Lynn
  • 24242
    24242 Member Posts: 1,398 Member
    #8
    Being Canadian
    Back 14 years ago I can remember hearing from a lot of women who had that happen to them. My heart broke everytime to think that something like that could happen in our Industrialized Nations. I think that is when I totally realized there is a price to LIFE.
    Tara

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