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Bettie

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10. Are these the "death panels" all the right wingers were screeching about?

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Thu Apr 9, 2026, 02:45 PM

Apr 9

No. This is death from neglect, deliberate withholding of lifesaving treatment, not the the providers, who were probably traumatized by having to wait, unable to provide needed care, but by the management company who will charge this young man's family and insurance HUGE sums of money, on top of the massive premiums they already paid over the years for him to die from "that department is not profitable enough"

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Student Dies When Hospital Has No ICU Doctors, Calls One on Videochat Who Pronounces Him Dead Remotely, Lawsuit Claims [View all] highplainsdem Apr 9 OP

I'd pay money to the family of the deceased, no_hypocrisy Apr 9 #1

That is hideous. efhmc Apr 9 #2

"Best health care in the world!" City Lights Apr 9 #3

Wow 😳 our health care is deteriorating. How awful for the family. So unnecessary TommieMommy Apr 9 #4

WTaF UpInArms Apr 9 #5

This is where AI is taking us Blue Owl Apr 9 #6

Darned right! We need to get rid of the billionaires, change the rules of corporate governance PatrickforB Apr 9 #13

Best healthcare in the world! leftstreet Apr 9 #7

This doesn't sound like the best health care in the world MustLoveBeagles Apr 9 #8

That's a terrifying story. Tele-health in the ICU???? I imagine the financial penalties will bring that to a halt. Vinca Apr 9 #9

Are these the "death panels" all the right wingers were screeching about? Bettie Apr 9 #10

Only in a third world country Grim Chieftain Apr 9 #11

What did his University Insurance cover? He was a medical student. That's all he gets? ChicagoTeamster Apr 9 #12

Nice try - TBF Apr 9 #19

Nice Try? What was I Trying? Insurance Companies and Hospital Groups are fighting a race to the bottom ChicagoTeamster Apr 9 #21

Again, you're glossing over the point by refusing to see the bigger picture. nt TBF Apr 9 #25

Glossing over what point? I've offered some of the many points you've detailed none. ChicagoTeamster Apr 9 #28

My point is that the current "system" is unsustainable if the people TBF Apr 9 #29

I agree with you on this but the initial post didn't cover all of this. It was about a specific problem in healthcare. ChicagoTeamster Apr 9 #30

Yes I can see we're at apples and oranges here - TBF Apr 10 #32

We are crumbling Evolve Dammit Apr 9 #14

I was reading this was also happening in ERs. OhioBack2Blue Apr 9 #15

Uggh, thanks for the share. Understaffing and its consequences have been going on for many years sadly blue_jay Apr 9 #16

Horrifying. I had no idea this was even possible--no real doctor in an ER?! SunSeeker Apr 9 #17

Welcome to the future of American healthcare. WestMichRad Apr 9 #18

Straight out of one of Kafka's nightmares ck4829 Apr 9 #20

One of the reasons I retired was telehealth. I don't think it is safe. 3catwoman3 Apr 9 #22

And he was a dental student... PCIntern Apr 9 #23

And you probably get shit from some of those patients Wednesdays Apr 9 #24

At one time yes. PCIntern Apr 9 #26

WTF - Connecticut in 2024? Not Texas? Not Florida? Not Arkansas, etc.? But in effing Connecticut! n/t 24601 Apr 9 #27

Outrageous. area51 Apr 10 #31