gopiscrap and his/her/its tales of woe with healthcare companies

[Ralph Wiggum]

gopiscrap (24,195 posts)
Wed Dec 4, 2024, 02:22 PM
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In response to United Health Care CEO misfortune let me tell you a true story [View all]
In 1987 at the age of 29, I came down with salivary gland cancer. Although it was tough and expensive, it was doable and I was in remission. Fast forward to 1993 and it came back with a vengance and metastasized. Because it was deemed a "pre-exisiting" condition, the insurance company (Blue Cross) denied coverage. I amassed 197K in medical bills and filed for brankruptcies more than the allowable amount of times in the specified period. Because, I did that the doctors were forced to continue with treatment and my life was saved. Because of that, I was charged with abuse of the US Bankruptcy laws and Contempt of the Federal Judicial Process. I pled guilty to contempt of court and a violation of the Judges order to cease filing. I spent 13 months in a Federal prison, I am now a felon and did probabtion for 3 years. In addition, we lost everything we had. But I also negotiated in court that the bill be reduced to 11K. Three lessons I got out of this: 1) everyone should be on a single payer universal health care like I had in Europe. 2) in the US you either pay with time or money 3) **** insurance companies and the greedy assholes that run them

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100219788502

First, if this story is true (always a dubious claim by a DUmmy) I'm sincerely sorry that you had to suffer through the "Big C". As a cancer survivor myself, I can certainly sympathize.

However, I'm not really buying this tale of woe by rife with poor spelling and dubious claims. And certainly this is not a case to be made for single payer universal health care, you're just using the brazen assassination of the UnitedHealthcare CEO to bolster your own political arguments.

[SVPete]

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100219788502

First, if this story is true (always a dubious claim by a DUmmy) I'm sincerely sorry that you had to suffer through the "Big C". As a cancer survivor myself, I can certainly sympathize.

However, I'm not really buying this tale of woe by rife with poor spelling and dubious claims. And certainly this is not a case to be made for single payer universal health care, you're just using the brazen assassination of the UnitedHealthcare CEO to bolster your own political arguments.

Yep, he's using his irrelevant to dehumanize the UnitedHealthcare CEO or outright justify his murder.

IRL, the delays built into Canada-style or Brit-style nationalized healthcare would probably have caused gopiscrap to die while waiting for diagnosis and treatment.

[67 Rover]

gopiscrap (24,195 posts)
Wed Dec 4, 2024, 02:22 PM
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In response to United Health Care CEO misfortune let me tell you a true story [View all]
In 1987 at the age of 29, I came down with salivary gland cancer. Although it was tough and expensive, it was doable and I was in remission. Fast forward to 1993 and it came back with a vengance and metastasized. Because it was deemed a "pre-exisiting" condition, the insurance company (Blue Cross) denied coverage. I amassed 197K in medical bills and filed for brankruptcies more than the allowable amount of times in the specified period. Because, I did that the doctors were forced to continue with treatment and my life was saved. Because of that, I was charged with abuse of the US Bankruptcy laws and Contempt of the Federal Judicial Process. I pled guilty to contempt of court and a violation of the Judges order to cease filing. I spent 13 months in a Federal prison, I am now a felon and did probabtion for 3 years. In addition, we lost everything we had. But I also negotiated in court that the bill be reduced to 11K. Three lessons I got out of this: 1) everyone should be on a single payer universal health care like I had in Europe. 2) in the US you either pay with time or money 3) **** insurance companies and the greedy assholes that run them

Food for thought.

You spent more time in jail than Hunter Biden who owed > 1.8 million in taxes and had multiple felony gun charges.

[Old n Grumpy]

It sounds like he should have stayed in Europe