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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsStar of Sicko Gets Affordable Health Insurance
http://www.healthpolicysolutions.org/2013/11/20/after-37-day-delay-cancer-patient-gets-insurance/After 37-day delay, cancer patient gets insurance
Posted on 20 November 2013.
By Katie Kerwin McCrimmon
It took 37 days of waiting in a bureaucratic black hole, 22 minutes on hold, two dropped calls and a switch to a new health system, but Donna Smith finally succeeded in signing up for new health insurance...
...If people can get through the Medicaid process, I think theyll be pleasantly surprised, said Smith.
After finally getting a Medicaid denial last week, Smith worked with an exchange phone agent whom she found to be extremely helpful and extremely knowledgeable.
Smith, 58, currently is paying $875 a month for individual insurance. Her husband has his own insurance through Medicare and their children are grown. The Connect for Health agent helped Smith find a mid-level silver plan that will cost $450 per month after a $72 per month federal tax subsidy. Its still expensive, but Smith is a two-time cancer survivor and is facing a relapse. Now she can schedule tests and treatment and will have the peace of mind that shell be covered come Jan. 1...
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Star of Sicko Gets Affordable Health Insurance (Original Post)
lame54
Nov 2013
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GeorgeGist
(25,308 posts)1. Affordable:
1. being within the financial means of most people.
2. costing little
Synonyms :affordable, bargain-basement, budget, cheapie, cheapo, chintzy, cut-price [chiefly British], cut-rate, dime-store, dirt cheap, el cheapo, inexpensive, low, low-end, popular, reasonable
ProSense
(116,464 posts)2. Kick! n/t
freshwest
(53,661 posts)3. SICKO was horrfiying to my European friends. So glad that narrative helped change America. It took a
while as it always does, it's imperfect as it always is, but we're moving toward the social democracy we need to nurture for all of us. Much must be overcome, still. Thanks for posting this and thanks ProSense for refeerring me to the thread.
seveneyes
(4,631 posts)4. The star of Sicko should have been paid enough to avoid any issues like this
There are millions of dollars floating around this person. Why would some of the rich people involved not pitch in some serious cash to help out? Greed is out of control.