Health Insurance Fuckery Again

“I feel like a ticking time bomb.”

That’s how Shanon, 46, described the moment her insurance denied the PET scan her oncologist ordered. Not once. *Three times.*

She paid $5,000 out of pocket. The scan found more cancer.

Another woman, 35, waited *seven months* to start treatment. Her cancer advanced while she fought through the appeal process.

This isn’t just frustrating. It’s terrifying. And it’s happening every day.

I’ve been a patient. I’ve been on the other end of the phone, hearing “denied” when time wasn’t on my side. I survived. But I know too many who didn’t.

We can’t keep pretending this is acceptable.

We’ve made it nearly impossible for people to access care they’ve already been told they need. By their own doctors. For conditions that don’t wait.

So here’s the question:

What can we do—*together*—to build a system where timely, evidence-based care isn’t blocked by paperwork, policies, or profit?

This isn’t about blame. It’s about responsibility.

And it’s time we all took some.

SOURCE: ABC News ➡️ https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/local-news/i-team-investigates/patient-no-more/i-feel-like-a-ticking-timebomb-breast-cancer-patients-share-stories-of-insurance-denials