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Natasha Thapar-Olmos's avatar

Thank you for sharing the frustration of your fight against a rigged system, and using it to encourage and resource others! As a mental health provider, I have seen the injustice of our current health care system across all levels of care. It’s so enraging! Sending you and your family compassion and strength!

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Serena Menken's avatar

Hey Natasha, I bet you've seen many insurance battles for your patients and fought some alongside them. Thanks for all you do. And thanks for sending us love!

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Jane Anderson's avatar

So far, I haven't had insurance challenges, but I have friends who have been denied life-saving cancer treatments. My husband has been denied the one medication that was best for him, but was allowed two medications that are inferior for his condition. I'm not sure when it happened, but the power of insurance companies over the last 50.years has removed the life-giving quality of medical care from doctors who know best.

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Serena Menken's avatar

Thanks for sharing this, Jane! It's heartbreaking to hear these stories of folks who were denied the medications they needed to thrive. There is something broken in our system when companies rather than doctors are making these decisions.

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