1/39
Data Bear
A propos of nothing, UnitedHealthcare declined to cover my husband’s ambulance trip to the morgue because his insurance policy lapsed at the second of his death.
2/39
Data Bear
@dataandpolitics.bsky.social
There is a technical exception because under California law a person is not deceased until they are declared dead and paramedics arrived before he had been declared dead.
I appealed to the office of the CEO.
My appeal was denied.
3/39
Data Bear
@dataandpolitics.bsky.social
San Francisco paramedics apparently know this and so they will put the deceased person’s name spelt incorrectly on the paperwork.
I got a bill addressed to Zickity Jamjam.
I was an idiot and submitted a claim to UnitedHealthcare.
4/39
Data Bear
@dataandpolitics.bsky.social
As a widow who found their husband dead in my own house, I have endless sympathy for every family that confronts loss.
But let’s not be foolish and assume UnitedHealthcare extends that sympathy to its customers.
I’m happy to go on the record about this experience.
5/39
Data Bear
@dataandpolitics.bsky.social
May you never find yourself on the phone writing with the CEO of UnitedHealthcare’s office arguing over how much time it should have reasonably taken you to find your husband’s dead body in your own house over a $2000 ambulance bill.
6/39
Data Bear
@dataandpolitics.bsky.social
And to prove I’m not making this up, here’s a card from the coroner’s office at the top of the stairs where I’ve left it untouched.
(Hid the name of the investigator who declared my husband dead)
7/39
Data Bear
@dataandpolitics.bsky.social
My mom paid the bill because I couldn’t bring myself to and UnitedHealthcare, after my appeal to the office of the CEO was denied because they claimed my husband’s insurance lapsed the second he died and they wound not cover the ambulance to the morgue, threatened me with collections.
8/39
Data Bear
@dataandpolitics.bsky.social
I’ve never told this story to anyone before because it’s so intimate and awful and it still makes me feel ashamed because I had to argue with an anonymous woman from the CEO of UnitedHealthcare whether it took me an unreasonable amount of time to find my husband dead.
And I lost the argument!
9/39
Data Bear
@dataandpolitics.bsky.social
And before anyone insinuates something untoward happened my husband had an aneurysm and dropped dead and I found his body and UnitedHealthcare’s Office of the CEO argued I should have reasonably heard him hitting the ground and known he died to deny his ambulance trip to the morgue.
10/39
Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social
The shame is entirely theirs and not yours.
I’m so sorry for your loss and suffering.
11/39
Jules of Liberty @greeneyedmonster13.bsky.social
I would’ve countered that you were technically no longer married the moment he died, so you’re not legally responsible for the debt. Because two can play at that game.
12/39
Keeper of the Begles @pascalwinnen.bsky.social
I guess she called the ambulance, so she is the contract party, and if the deceased would be considered the contract party, she would inherit his debt... nevertheless, she has all my sympathy, and the guy with the hoodie made this world a slightly better place!
13/39
Pardz AVFC
@pardzavfc.bsky.social
Every healthcare CEO in the US should be worried going forwards. There are consequences for killing people or putting families through unnecessary hardship like your scenario. What did they achieve by doing this?
14/39
Trans rebel @ceohunter.bsky.social
They will put security on the CEOs but nothing a long range hole puncher can't handle
15/39
Snot Boogie
@snotboogie.bsky.social
I still have doubts that my dad's overdose was accidental. His company let him go and his life insurance was due to lapse 3 days after his death. If he lived another week our family would have got nothing. The insurance industry is a predatory scam and absolutely evil
16/39
Girl Detective @nancyd11.bsky.social
Absolutely despicable that you were treated that way.
. Thank you for sharing this.
17/39
LizziW @lizziw13.bsky.social
So sorry for your loss
18/39
catherinedtoth @catherinedtoth.bsky.social
Apropos of everything I’m sorry to say. So very sorry for your loss.
19/39
nunyadbusiness.bsky.social @nunyadbusiness.bsky.social
Jesus Christ. These fukkers are such ghouls.
20/39
John Forsyth @jhfhockey.bsky.social
21/39
That bookish girl @lizseaa.bsky.social
I’m just so sorry. Sending love and solidarity.
22/39
nyfiredude1965.bsky.social @nyfiredude1965.bsky.social
AND???
23/39
Human @markroemers.bsky.social
Traumatic. So sorry for your loss.
24/39
𝑀𝒶𝓇𝓀 𝓂𝓎 𝓌𝑜𝓇𝒹
@emeraldyle.bsky.social
Sick.
Sorry for your loss
25/39
Ben Kritz @benkritz.bsky.social
This is sickening. My condolences for your loss. And I hope every health insurance executive, or for that matter, every exploitative capitalist, feels the target on their back.
26/39
Immigrants BELONG here/Wear a Mask @notacquiescing.bsky.social
I’m so very sorry you lost him, and so suddenly, and that any cruel bureaucracy had anything to do with your pain infuriates me. I’m sure it has been awhile, but condolences on this utter endless loss.
27/39
Melanie Wildman @melaniewildman.bsky.social
Grotesque. These people are monstrous.
I'm so truly sorry for your loss.
28/39
Ann Charlton @aec08.bsky.social
I’m so sorry you had to endure this indignity after losing your husband. They have no shame.
29/39
milwaukee2024.bsky.social @milwaukee2024.bsky.social
I'm so so so sorry that you went through that. It's hard enough to go through so much after the parting of a loved one to have stupidity hurt you.
30/39
A Man for all Sequins @ralfscarrie.bsky.social
It’s propos as fukk. That is absolutely inhuman treatment. As long as we can know of, a fundamental trait of human societies has been care for the sick, and respect for our dead.
31/39
♡ Romantic ♡ @quiteromantic.bsky.social
If there was any justice in the world you should be able to sue them for making you go through that much trauma. Im so sorry.
32/39
Jacob S. @jsiege226.bsky.social
I’m not in favor of gun violence but my sympathy is only extended to the family members affected
33/39
Trans rebel @ceohunter.bsky.social
Don't feel bad about this one his wife and kids got a payday
34/39
Eva (she, her)
@meteorgirl.bsky.social
You live in a country that thrives on vulture capitalism! You hang your flags out, you vote for more of the same every 4 years, and tell everyone that America is truly the land of the free. It’s not, and never was, yet you choose to let yourselves be conned over and over again. Why?
35/39
flyfella.bsky.social @flyfella.bsky.social
The UK isn’t that far away from the insurance based healthcare system…..
36/39
Alison Chevalier @bravegirl.bsky.social
37/39
Road Less Traveled @vogelsanglover.bsky.social
Nasty work. I heard awful stories like this a lot…working at a funeral home. I’m so very sorry you had to experience this heartlessness in the midst of your life being turned upside down.
38/39
gregkwi.bsky.social @gregkwi.bsky.social
Anytime I can get a middleman all up in my buisness is a win/win. Said no one ever.
39/39
LC
@lc-renmom.bsky.social
Omg your post. It captures everything wrong with our healthcare model.
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