Seriously dude... thats worthy of the asshole of the day reward.
I'd almost have to agree here, because if it was a setup for a bouncy, it would have been much clumsier, and there would have been much wailing and gnashing of teeth about how the insurance company denied tests that would have saved this woman's life, or some other political statement demanding single payer now. As those elements are missing, I find this story has the ring of truth to it.
That being said, I did at first consider how this story would be spun into a bouncy, and it still might be. Rule #1 of DUmmies, and all.
On further thought, might this not be a new form of bouncy, one where the reader is left to "fill in the blanks" so to speak, and add their own rant about the villian of the day?