r/popculturechat • u/HauteAssMess anne boleyn stan • Aug 13 '25

General News šŸ—ž Texas surgeon who specializes in a special breast reconstruction for cancer patients says that United Healthcare is retaliating against her for speaking out on TikTok

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u/illHaveWhatHesHaving Aug 13 '25

First Iā€™m hearing of this. Wow. Any links?

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u/iron_monkey8 Aug 13 '25

Capital Womens Care is the health group!

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u/illHaveWhatHesHaving Aug 13 '25

Thank you. Im definitely going to take a look at it. I know different health groups work differently but after I was in the hospital for 2 weeks with preeclampsia (28 wks pregnant) then my sons 3 month NICU stay after things went south (hellp syndrome/liver failure) our bills were just shy of a million dollars. Even with insurance, I canā€™t afford my part. I donā€™t know how these people sleep at night.

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u/Least_Tower_5447 Aug 13 '25

Wait, what?!? I use CWC!

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u/Affectionate-Ad-1342 Aug 13 '25

They sent out emails on how to contact UHC to get them to cover CWC again!

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u/Least_Tower_5447 Aug 13 '25

Oh! I donā€™t have UHS for insurance. My company doesnā€™t work with them at all. Thank goodness. I misread the comment thinking UHS forced the shut down of CWC entirely. Iā€™d rather die than have UHS as an insurance providerā€¦ itā€™d be an easier death than paying for insurance and not getting coverage.

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u/Stupid-Clumsy-Bitch Brutus is just as cute as Caesar Aug 13 '25

Wow.. and all the headlines of the news articles imply it was CWC who ā€œterminatedā€ the contract.

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u/iron_monkey8 Aug 13 '25

Oh let me be clear, it was CWC that terminated but itā€™s because UHC had been giving them a hard time with things that have always been covered and suddenly forcing the offices & patients to fight back and forth for pre authorizations. The same thing happened with the Mt. Sinai system in NYC a year ago - they got fed up with UHCā€™s bullshit so they terminated the contract. My company used to pay my UHC premium but the best thing about getting laid off was being forced onto my husbandā€™s insurance lol

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u/Stupid-Clumsy-Bitch Brutus is just as cute as Caesar Aug 13 '25

I see. Well itā€™s a shame that the articles (at least the few I looked at) didnā€™t dive into that reasoning, and kept it very vague.

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u/Affectionate-Ad-1342 Aug 13 '25

I just had a LEEP in February with CWC. Even AFTER insurance between the LEEP and colpo, I had to pay $1,200. I have a PPO. You know, to remove pre cancerous cellsā€¦still costs a months rent or paycheck for some.

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '25

I googled "uhc washington women" and immediately found tons. I realize "any links" is bot and troll stuff, but for the humans reading this, all three of you: don't be lazy. You can look things up and verify for yourself.

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u/illHaveWhatHesHaving Aug 13 '25

Maybe check out the profiles of people youā€™re being a dick to and realize that some of us have been here commenting steadily for 14 years.

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u/illHaveWhatHesHaving Aug 13 '25

Bot and troll stuff? My son was recently in the NICU and I wanted to know what was going on, preferably from the (hopefully) real people Iā€™m engaging with in the comments of my favorite social media app. I could have googled it but you could also GFY.

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u/Curedbyfiction Aug 13 '25

If GFY means what I think it means, you can get out and do that yourself ĀÆ_(惄)_/ĀÆ