A friend of mine had to deal with subsidiary of United Healthcare over a few years. They conveniently decided his medication was "out-of-coverage" when the price for said medication jumped after a necessary change to avoid symptoms from another brand/type. The labyrinth of contacts and systems he had to navigate to even get answers for that change took months to deal with, and by the end they were claiming that too much time had passed to contest the denial of coverage. He had to start rationing his medication, which lead to visits to the hospital. Once they started denying most of his hospital visit charges, he was in a really bad way. He couldn't hold his job due to his health, and had to survive on the charity of friends and family. He's on better footing now, and with a different provider, but that is sadly an all too common story.
He didn't choose to get sick and develop a chronic issue - he was healthy and athletic before this all happened. He barely used his benefits before this! US health insurance companies are some of the worst on this planet and I can't feel any sadness about this news.
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