This story speaks for itself:
Kaiser Permanente Pulled Plug On Woman’s Insurance While She Was In A Coma
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This story speaks for itself:
Kaiser Permanente Pulled Plug On Woman’s Insurance While She Was In A Coma
For fourteen years, I had paid for my so-called health care insurance on good
faith and with due diligence each month. This was the NON-PROFIT Health Care
Foundation, HMO Kaiser Permanente, FOR THE RECORD. Shortly after my college
graduation in 1992, I was diagnosed with a severe and chronic illness.
Immediately, Kaiser Permanente denied ALL coverage for this illness, stating
they exclude “those types of illnesses.” Further, eventually, Kaiser Permanente
also deemed this illness as pre-existing anyway, I guess because sometimes it’s
hereditary. Well, the prescription medications alone did cost and still do cost
nearly $4,000.00 per month; My doctors put me on permanent Disability and,
further, I had to become technically indigent in order to qualify for Medi-Cal
to recieve the necessary medications and treatment. Eighteen years later, I am
still on Disability and Medi-Cal, denied the opportunity to work, as these
so-called health care insurance companies will not treat my particular illness.
None of them will. My income is $850.00 a month; if I make any more than
$1,000.00 per month, I will lose my health care benefits. Just to make things
perfectly clear, I got my degree from the University of California at Santa
Barbara in Political Science with an emphasis on International Relations,
specifically between US-USSR-China. I lived on mainland China for over one year
teaching as a university professor. I speak English, French and Mandarin
Chinese. And I am stuck as an INDIGENT on permanent Disability in order to
survive my chronic but fully treatable illness. This is utterly BLASPHEMOUS,
don’t you think? That is exactly what happened to me. I paid those bastards for fourteen years for…ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.
Why is this situation taken to the MEDIA? I would think that it would help your case.
My heart goes out to you. I have Kaiser also and have had issues also, but nothing as bad as yours (yet) I wish I had the answer for you, just please continue to write, write, write. Respectively Claire
Huffington Post is the media. You can help by spreading the word.
Dear Christina,
Your story should be taken to the media. You could write about your experience, get on facebook and spread the word. I have gathered several reporters on my page and will be happy to have you link up with them through my facebook page. I have spent alot of time in the past getting the story of the loss of my Baby and lost/missing medical records by Kaiser told. My effort and persistence paid off, USA Today published a front page lead story on April 29, 2008. If you haven’t already, you can post it to Obama’ website as well. These stories need to be told!
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2008-04-29-medical-records_N.htm
http://stories.barackobama.com/healthcare/stories/193082/share
We have posted two independent HMO HARDBALL investigations of Kaiser Permanente on the front page of the site. Both investigations, based on patient records, expose Kaiser fraudulent practices.
Robert Finney
P.S. Thanks for listing the book on your site
you can write to the medical board, this website, all the other anti-kaiser websites, every so-called kaiser permanente malpractice attorney, your employer, your congressman/woman, and even the president of the united states and not one person will care, they won’t listen, they will just tell you to get over it. it’s been almost 2 years since kaiser permanente nearly killed me resulting in the loss of my health and employment. i haven’t gotten over it, i doubt anyone who is a kaiser victim will ver get over it.
I lost my Baby girl on March 3rd, 2006 Shane and we have not gotten over it either. Kaiserthrive.org has been the ONLY help we have ever gotten and I THANK GOD for Kaiserthrive.
Everyone else is completely worthless.
As a nurse, I was horrified by what I saw when I first arrived at Kaiser. I brought very serious patient safety concerns to senior management at an East Bay Kaiser and was told that I shouldn’t be “policing the physicians” when they prescribed medication that harmed or killed the patients or “marginalizing the nurses” when they restrained the patients with Seroquel, Ativan, Haldol, and other “behavioral restraints” and physical restraints rather than treat the patients’ pain or help them maintain function. Any employee who speaks up about ethical issues is told that they have “communication” issues. Elderly and neonates especially are horribly and unethically mistreated.
I sympathesize with the financial situation. I am an occupational therapist with a masters degree, but because of Medi-Cal, if I earn over $100 a month, I lose at least $1500 a month of medical benefits. If I return to work, eventually I won’t be considered disabled and again will be paying at least half of my salary in medical.
Occupational therapists are in demand. I am a wonderful pediatric occupational therapist with a gift working with autistic children. Yet, people like us are not suppose to contribute our skills to society in exchange for adequate medical care? Too little media attention has been on this issue. I’ve tried, but to little success to bring this issue to light. Good luck.