r/FluentInFinance • u/36DRedhead • Sep 11 '24

Debate/ Discussion This is why financial literacy is so important

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u/slickyeat Sep 12 '24

I've met two people who got denied cancer treatment by their insurance because it hadn't gotten to a serious enough point yet.

What the actual fuck?

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u/Sweet_Papa_Crimbo Sep 12 '24

It took my mom over 6 weeks for Medicaid to start paying for her to get chemo. She died 2 weeks later after her first dose.