4 days out from my life-changing surgery, @Aetna has denied the appeal for my brain surgery.
to be clear, when i signed up to aetna months ago, the coordinator had confirmed they would cover this surgery. then, a week ago, they said the surgery was too experimental/elective and denied coverage. we appealed. that appeal was just denied today.
now, my neurosurgeon is trying to do a peer-to-peer consult with someone at aetna to explain why i need it so we don’t lose the surgery date on monday morning. aetna is not being responsive.
this is sadistic and a violation of basic trust. please spread this so they can’t ignore it. they may not care if i live or die but people should know just what kind of company they’re dealing with. and please pray they are able to have a peer-to-peer consult with my neurosurgeon and have a change of heart.
We see this all the time in Tennessee: they underfund government-funded programs (like public schools), then say “see? they don’t work” — then try to privatize them to benefit their donors (aka vouchers).
The playbook is obvious.
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What is this? How can this happen to a human? Where is the bottom? How can young Hossam witness this? How can there be new horrors we haven’t imagined yet? How can any of us bear even just seeing this? Who will we be after?
You don't beat fascism by naming it. You beat it by offering a genuine political alternative that operates at the same plane of mass energy, discontent, and anger while offering a means of turning that force towards constructive projects for the common good rather than hatred.
Some members of the American financial elite were so spooked by Roosevelt and the New Deal that they hatched a plan to overthrow him and install the American Mussolini of their dreams. https://t.co/OQ2UMJeUqe
This attack on @RashidaTlaib by @jaketapper and @DanaBashCNN over a quote ***she never said*** is a dereliction of duty. They are lying in plain sight: a brazen act of gaslighting. If you're not a fan of this Orwellian horseshit, press @CNN for a retraction and an apology.
people would be a lot healthier, happier, safer, and live longer if transportation, medical care, and education were free. a lot of mainstream news is an elaborate attempt to obscure this truth.
The Atlantic poses as a magazine of ideas, but its writers get away with terrible arguments. Its ascendance is a sign of the dire state of American intellectual life.
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