Being fully insured marked her for illegal restraint & unecessary surgery. Twitter to the rescue

[TalkingDog]

http://inmantechnologyit.blogspot.com/2009/09/social-media-and-my-escape-from-spinal.html

snip:

"You are likely able to walk and leave that hospital now with a brace.” He advised immediate medical transport back to Ithaca so I could collect my son and return to Boston for less invasive treatment. It was 7:45pm, only 6 hours after the injury. My ordeal had only just begun.

Packer staff insisted I still needed immediate spinal surgery. They then declared that because they were “qualified” to perform such surgery, the question of whether they were best was irrelevant, and they would not authorize transfer. Sympathetic nurses quietly mentioned I was one of few patients who had any form of health insurance and tried to help me obtain release.

/snip


This is why insurance companies need to be cut from the process. If everyone is covered by a Medicaid like plan, cases like this wouldn't happen

[kristopher]

1. That's an incredibe story...

K&R

[pnwmom]

2. What a story. Rec'ed. Thanks for posting. n/t