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Blue Cross had refused to pay thousands of claims for the center’s patients, but on several occasions executives at the insurance company had signed special one-time deals with the center to pay for their wives’ cancer treatment.

(Published April 2025)

Blue Cross authorized mastectomies and breast reconstructions for women with cancer but refused to pay the full doctors’ bills. A jury called it fraud and awarded the practice $421 million.

“Slow Pay, Low Pay or No Pay”: Trial Reveals How Insurers Try to Wield Power Over Doctors

Blue Cross authorized mastectomies and breast reconstructions for women with cancer but refused to pay the full doctors’ bills. A jury called it fraud and awarded the practice $421 million.

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  6. grateful-1.bsky.social profile picture

    @grateful-1.bsky.social

    ...And Corporate Grifter Insurance companies wonder why Every Day, Hard-working Americans support "Luigi!"

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    Victoria 📚 @its-its.bsky.social

    In America, this doesn’t surprise me one bit. Living here is such a scam. What do we real value or benefit do we get for being a citizen, the taxes we pay? I’m 1000000000% over this place. Especially to short change folks who survived or endured cancer.

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    Patrick @blackhawkphoto.bsky.social

    The Insurance companies and “DEA“, State AND Federal, holding DR in fear for their LICENSES hostage at “PAIN CLINICS” over “MAXIMUM” 1g Equivalent

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    ISman @isaco-1.bsky.social

    Long Live the direct hit Mangione ! No fuss no mess . One and done. He deserves a medal not a cell!

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    ISman @isaco-1.bsky.social

    The Criminal operations called health care in the US is absolutely abhorrent. The insurance industry and and private prison systems are choking the life out of the once largest most powerful economy in the World

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    Secret Signal Group Chat 🇨🇦🇺🇸 @tourswag.bsky.social

    Dr. Cara Christ, the head of health for Arizona who bobble headed behind Governor Ducey's "yer on yer own" covid policies

    With one of the highest percapita death rates in the USA

    went onto a position at BCBS

    I'd be very careful about doing any business with them

    We've seen her sense of ethics

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    @duskyhollowheart.bsky.social

    This is exactly what I expected would happen as science and medical fields are gutted. Why would the rich and connected care that the medical industry is falling apart when they can make special deals or get treatment in another country?

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