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Wells Fargo allegedly fired an employee because his dying daughter needed expensive cancer treatment, according to a lawsuit filed in Palm Beach County Court on Thursday. Wells Fargo fired mortgage consultant Yovany Gonzalez three days before his daughter Mackenzie was scheduled to get cancer surgery in August of 2010, the lawsuit states.
ejpoeta
(8,933 posts)RC
(25,592 posts)They slept like a baby.
area51
(11,868 posts)It's easy. They're sociopaths, without any conscience.
This is part of the reason why it's so stupid to continue with our current health care system that ties access to health care with a job.
"Employer-based health insurance has always been a bad idea. Your life should not depend on who you work for." -- T. McKeon
We need single-payer health care.
woo me with science
(32,139 posts)human beings are pixels on a computer screen, representing chess pieces 1000 miles away, to be rearranged, shifted, and cut as necessary to make the machine more lucrative. There is no such thing as a human being, only corporate products and human "resources."
Profit ALWAYS comes first.
We have been sold, and this is our future.
BeyondGeography
(39,285 posts)It doesn't get any sadder or more infuriating than that.
progressoid
(49,827 posts)I hope the people responsible for this are held accountable as well.
Sickening.
Liberal Veteran
(22,239 posts)These stories are going to keep coming with heartbreaking regularity until your health insurance isn't tied to your employment.
There are so many problems it causes that one would think it would be self-evident that this unholy marriage of health care and employment is the just an idea that is causing more harm than good.
phantom power
(25,966 posts)There was a great article, which I wish I could find, about how the entire model of using health "insurance" to fund health care is wrong from the ground up. Because it is ridiculous, from a business perspective, to "insure" against something that has either already happened, or is nearly guaranteed to happen over time.
Medicare for All.