I have a friend in Georgia who just had surgery this week..
her operation was planned since last month..
she thought everything would be covered..
but when she got to the hospital she was told she could not have one of the necessary procedures because she was “too old” shes in her late 60s...not because it was dangerous due to her age but because of her age..
then she didn’t stay in hospital as long as she was suppose too..and is home already today...
and when she was getting her prescription filled when she left, she found out that she would now have too paid $200+ for one medicine that was previously free or not costly..a medicine she will need for the next few months as she recovers..
Since she had insurance and was already getting medical treatment for cancer before ObamaCare she did get a lot paid for but not what she should have..
My friend is a Conservative and when I talked to her on the phone today she said “ObamaCare”
When we had discussed last month about whether her insurance would still cover in January what she knew it to cover in Dec 2013..she was confident that it would..
this is a patriotic American lady who has worked her whole adult life and paid taxes and didn’t vote for Obama...
These Americans are the ones I am sad for ..the ones caught in this ghastly trap through no fault of their own..
the Obama voters called this down on themselves and unfortunately also my friend...
If my friend had that operation just last week it would have been different for her...
Is your friend in Georgia on Medicare as would often be the case for a person in her late 60s? Curious whether she has a Medicare Advantage Plan or Medigap Plan, and Part D. Hard to make much sense of the anecdote without that info. Be interesting to know the denied procedure as well but I realize that is HIPAA material.
Yes indeed: what a difference a week makes. I went through triple bypass surgery on Dec. 23rd, 2013.
“the Obama voters called this down on themselves and unfortunately also my friend...”
it might also have to do with people like yourself who spent a good deal of time on this website badmouthing Romney in 2012; thus, forgetting what a 2nd term for BO might do to folks like your friend. but don’t be too hard on yourself, as a self described Christian, you should forgive yourself as well. but if i were you, i wouldn’t tell your friend that you didn’t support the only other viable alternative to BO because he was a mormon.
I use a patient board, 0’care has been a big topic. One poster said a friend just had shoulder work done a few days before Christmas, then came 12/31, that cut off his PT, pain med as he no longer had health ins.
We have been told by neighbors to stay away from the nearest hospital in our new town/county. Even the RN who lives across the street worked for them for a yr, and said it is a terrible hospital, few locals use it. Most go into Memphis private hospitals.
Yeah know that one to well, my husband’s elderly aunt in Canada, fell broke her back, and the doc she was assigned said she was to old for care go home and just die. Single payer systems are crap systems.