Three days I spent in the same type of blame shifting and lies, while I just did the best I could with my son. In the end the insurance covered nothing! AT ALL for him.
I am so sorry that you and your son went through that and it is unforgivable.
@Gingergrrl - I remember the hell you went through with your mother. I'm so sorry. this company is getting off easy with this video compared to what they deserve.
Thank you
@Mary and I agree that ALL of these insurance companies are getting off easy (along with Pharma) and are rarely held accountable for anything.
@Mary , you have to sign into Youtube or Youtube via google to "like" a video.
Some day you will have to explain this to me b/c I watch YouTube constantly on both my phone and computer but have never figured out how to like a video or subscribe to anything. It is mandatory to have a Google account to do this?
I am right on the edge of getting too political for our board, so good night all!
I am right there with you (on the edge of getting too political).
I don't blame you and I am so sorry they were so bad to you and your family. I bet there are millions of american horror stories just like ours. They are all in it for the money, not as a public health service. Keep writing about this, it is cathartic for you to express these emotions!
There are so many of us and it is maddening b/c there isn't really anything that we can do about it. But writing about it here does help.
She is absolutely right about elderly people just giving up after the first call. They generally don't expect to be lied to and take people at their word.
You are so right
@rel8ted and my father (who is in his 80's) thought that he had gotten an excellent special insurance plan through his former employer and that they would never lie to him. Meanwhile, they kept denying services that my mom needed. A facility (that was the proper level of care) came to visit her in the hospital while she was dying and then me, my dad, and sister went to visit it in person.
It was perfect and had private rooms and was quiet which was what exactly my mom wanted b/c the hospital was so LOUD and no private room (except when she was in the ICU with sepsis after her third surgery). My mom's eye's lit up to go to this facility and the hospital told her it was a done deal and then United Health Care denied it. But when my dad called them, they blatantly lied to him and said it was approved. He couldn't fathom that he was being lied to even though me, my sister, and the nurse and social worker all told him point blank that he was being lied to.
It wasted so much time and caused huge arguments between me and my dad and I honestly think my mom stopped eating food so she would die sooner to avoid the insurance stress for us. She was only thinking of us until the end. Without question, she would not have survived the cancer and was not a candidate for chemo after the third surgery, sepsis, and being on a ventilator but United Health Care made her final days on earth a nightmare when they could have been more peaceful. It is so hard to even type about this without crying, I am still so angry.
