Kansas City Confronts Health Insurance Denial Heartbreak

Here's a good place to start the conversation . . .

Blame Obamacare or greedy corporations or whoever you'd like . . .

ONLY BILLIONAIRE BOOTLICKERS OPPOSE U.S. HEALTHCARE/INSURANCE REFORM!!!

Of course, as always, we encourage civil, snarky but ultimately nonviolent discourse BUT the time for being "nice" about this kind of thing is OVER. 

In the very near future . . . 

The U.S. healthcare/insurance system will either reform or collapse. It's as simple as that . . . For those who might call it socialism . . . Than please explain how/why government welfare for jet fuel, sports stadiums and BILLIONAIRES getting farm subsidies doesn't merit the same kind of economic scrutiny. 

No value judgement here . . . 

Maybe EPIC subsidy for billionaires might help create jobs. 

We only serve to notice rising DEMANDS that the very same kind of largess is directed toward helping keep citizens alive.

Here are a couple of stories of ongoing local misfortune . . .

"Millions of Americans rely on physical and occupational therapists to regain strength and motor skills after operations, diseases, and injuries. But recoveries are routinely stymied by a widespread constraint in health insurance policies: rigid caps on therapy sessions.

"Insurers frequently limit such sessions to as few as 20 a year, a KFF Health News examination finds, even for people with severe damage such as spinal cord injuries and strokes, who may need months of treatment, multiple times a week. Patients can face a bind: Without therapy, they can’t return to work, but without working, they can’t afford the therapy."

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

UnitedHealthcare cut off a Kansas City woman's physical therapy before she could walk again

Health plans often limit physical therapy to 20 or 30 sessions, even for people who may need months of treatment, multiple times a week, after severe accidents or health conditions. They're stuck paying out of pocket for the rest of the sessions they need to return to work or caring for kids.

KC Cancer survivor heading to D.C. to fight for research funding

A Kansas City cancer survivor is heading to Washington D.C. next week to meet with lawmakers. She's fighting for research funding and access to life-saving medications.

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