Thursday, February 11, 2010

Government run health care

Shocking picture shows how elderly patient was abandoned for two days in hospital store cupboard with little food or medicationRead more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1250079/Elderly-patient-abandoned-days-hospital-store-cupboard.html#ixzz0fGCc2aUP

1 comment:

Unknown said...

At least she is getting treatment. The following is what insurance companies do in the US,
BTW, the insurance company's outside consultant said the treatment is appropriate. Death Panel anyone.

"One of the worst abuses of private insurance companies is the practice of using spurious reasons to deny claims for medical treatments, which are often necessary for saving patients’ lives.

Kyler Van Nocker’s story shows that even 5-year-old kids are not exempt from this insurance company abuse. Van Nocker has neuroblastoma, which is a very rare form of childhood cancer that targets the nervous system and creates tumors throughout the body.

Due to successful treatment in 2007, Van Nocker’s cancer went into remission, giving him 12 months of pain-free life. Unfortunately, in Sept. 2008, the cancer returned, and Van Nocker was once again in need of treatment. Unfortunately, his health insurer, HealthAmerica, refused to pay for one form of treatment doctors believe could save his life (MIBG treatment) because they consider it “investigational/experimental