rainpizzaMeanwhile in the USA, Eric, a father with cancer, died after his private health insurance company said that treatment to reduce the tumor was "not medically necessary."
Maeve Within one week of the reversal in late May, Eric Tennant was hospitalized. His health continued to decline, and by midsummer he was no longer considered a suitable candidate for the procedure. “The insurance company’s decision did not simply delay care. It closed doors,” his wife said.
Had the new law been in effect, Kimble said, Tennant could have undergone histotripsy without preapproval, because it was a less expensive alternative to chemotherapy, which his insurer had already authorized. The bill was passed unanimously by the state legislature in March.
Bronstein_TardigradeStories like this solidify in my mind the idea that, if socialism is ever to succeed in the US, the roots will be planted in rural US, not in coastal cities; more Mao than Lenin. In the late 1800s and early 1900s, the US midwest was a hot bed of socialist/communist/anarchist/union activity, until the passage of the Espionage (1917) and Sedition (1918) Acts allowed the federal government to crush it, with troops when necessary. They even tossed presidential candidate Eugene Debs in jail for opposing US entrance into WW1. Here you have a Republican governor, in a poorest of ruby red state, signing a law to protect people from insurance companies.
Did anyone ask them to define “medically necessary”?
They meant the mecidal wellbeing of their bank accounts.
It won’t disturb their profit margin.
Sounds like there’s a health care company whose CEO requires a Free Market Correction.