A nine week delay in treatment changed this patient's life forever.
She asked me to share her story.
This patient has Crohn's disease and was doing well on a medication that controlled her disease. Then, because of an insurance-related delay, she lost access to that medication for nine weeks.
During that time, she developed a rectovaginal fistula, an opening to form between her intestine and her vagina. She underwent multiple surgeries to try to repair it and they all failed.
She now lives with a colostomy.
This is why I push back when people describe delays in care as administrative issues.
They are patient issues.
By the time a medication is approved, an appeal is reviewed, or a policy is changed, the damage may already be done and the patient’s life might be impacted forever.
You can fix a process but you cannot always undo the harm.
Behind every delay is a person whose life may be permanently changed.
We cannot keep treating timely access to care as optional when the consequences are this real.
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Sports writer Charlie Cummings recently took to X to express his anger at United Healthcare's decision to deny his fiancée's surgery while they were sitting in the waiting room for the surgery appointment. (1/6)
With the New York Health Act, New Yorkers would get more and spend less.
See which candidates support it, who are really fighting for it, and which are ok with New Yorkers suffering through our healthcare and affordability crisis.
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The answer to skyrocketing healthcare costs isn’t to offer people loans and exploit them further.
For New Yorkers, the answer is guaranteeing everyone healthcare and saving them money by passing the New York Health Act.
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🚨 Karen Friedman Agnifilo condemns the statements from some Luigi Mangione supporters who celebrated UHC CEO Brian Thompson’s murder at the NYC courthouse:
LUIGI: Mangione’s team just filed a new motion, claiming Pam Bondi should have recused herself from the case because of her ties to the Ballard Partners lobbying firm.
A Ballard client? United Healthcare.
Michael Kissling, POP member, Amputee & founder of Ability Forge, who has fought UHC for a chronic genetic condition. He & his family need help right now. Please share widely!
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Day four (take two) of Luigi Mangione suppression hearings at New York State Supreme Court. Last Friday was cancelled because Mangione was sick. About 21 members of the public here, many familiar faces
There are now 2,900 billionaires, and they hold $15.8 trillion.
The wealth of the bottom 50% of the global population, over 4 billion people, is estimated at $3.7 trillion.