Jun 29, 2009
Healthcare Horror: Care Denied Over $7 Debt for Insured Patient
Donna Smith has long been a strong voice for single payer coverage. Her passion comes from a series of awful experiences that she and her husband — both with health insurance — have had dealing with our current system.
OK, if this wasn’t personal enough just yet for me, it just got a whole lot more so. And if you think for one instant that in this nation at this point in history and with this popularly elected President and Democratic Congress you will be treated for a heart attack simply because you might die if you are not treated, think again. And if you think having insurance helps, think some more.
On Friday, my husband was denied a blood test because a computer record from some distant time past and some other state showed he had a $7 balance with LabCorp. I am not making this up.
Even Obama’s doomed “Public Option” would not be the change we need. Nobody should be profiting on human misery the way the insurance and pharmaceutical companies are.
Michael Sky | CommonHealth
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