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@ProPublica@newsie.social  ·  activity timestamp last week

“Just Let Me Die”: After Insurance Repeatedly Denied a Couple’s Claims, One Psychiatrist Was Their Last Hope
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After a North Carolina man attempted suicide twice, his wife tried to get him help at an inpatient clinic. But their insurance provider refused to cover the treatment, deeming it “not medically necessary.”
https://www.propublica.org/article/mental-health-suicide-highmark-bcbs-insurance-denials?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News#Health#MentalHealth#Psychiatry#Insurance

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Mathias ❄️🐺🐶 :pansexual_flag:
@mathias@pawb.fun replied  ·  activity timestamp last week
@ProPublica The text is small, but I didn't miss the "how we did this" section at the bottom of this piece. *Massive* props to Duaa Eldeib for the dedication she showed in following this story and piecing together its details. What the story covers is a travesty, but the work itself deserves an award.
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joriki
@joriki@infosec.exchange replied  ·  activity timestamp last week
@ProPublica

#LaborCampEconomics

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AlexTECPlayz
@alextecplayz@techhub.social replied  ·  activity timestamp last week
@ProPublica life seems to be "not medically necessary", according to some private health insurance providers...
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Carolyn
@CStamp@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp last week
@ProPublica “Only a few appeal.”

This whole thing is nauseating. A person has paid for coverage. They shouldn’t then have to beg for the coverage to kick in. People are at their most vulnerable, which apparently the CEOs & their investors count on. And appeals take time while a health issue just ticks on? It is amazing that there aren’t more Luigis.

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TheNovemberFella ✊🏳️‍🌈 🇺🇦☸️🛰️🚀
@TheNovemberMan@bookstodon.com replied  ·  activity timestamp last week
@ProPublica There is, of course, a cure for this malice from insurance companies:
Saint Luigi, patron of those denied
Saint Luigi, patron of those denied
Saint Luigi, patron of those denied
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