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greetings and salutations friends i'm

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stephen campion and you're watching

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strange stories have you ever needed a

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medical procedure but been turned down

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by your insurance company even after

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your doctor said that you needed that

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procedure

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it's all too common in the united states

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of america and some people from outside

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of the united states may be surprised to

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learn that it's not our doctors here in

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the united states who decide if we are

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allowed to have medical procedures we

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need but rather

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our medical insurance companies who make

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that decision

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one woman in indianapolis needed a

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medical procedure

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you see for the past three years she has

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been struggling with a stomach disorder

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called

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gastroparesis

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and this stomach disorder causes her to

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vomit almost everything she eats

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her insurance company denied her

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coverage for this procedure

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apparently miss honig was not willing to

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accept this denial and good for her she

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stood up for her rights it should be her

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and her doctor who decide what medical

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procedures she gets not a greedy

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insurance company so after she was

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denied coverage for the medical

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procedure that she desperately needed

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she had enough

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she went to their indianapolis indiana

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headquarters she went to their corporate

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offices what happened next was beautiful

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uh an employee bench

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let's go girls

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well no one will take my letter but they

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said that i could mail it and leave it

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with like uh any relevant documentation

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oh okay

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dear anthem blue cross blue shield thank

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you so much for your quick response of

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calling the cops on me it was such a

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lovely surprise to get a visit from two

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men armed with guns and batons in my own

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home it's nice to know that even if you

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won't give me the healthcare i need you

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anthem had around 40 million members as

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of 2018 making it one of the leading

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insurance companies

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the annual revenue of anthem

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incorporated in 2020 was around 122

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billion dollars and has doubled in the

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past eight years

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one may ask themselves how can a 122

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billion dollar company control

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what

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medical services one of their members is

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allowed to get shouldn't that decision

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be in the hands of the doctor and the

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patient

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but not in our country because here in

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the united states it's not your doctor

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and you who decide what medical

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procedures you need

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it's a 122 billion dollar greedy

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insurance company by the way

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the ceo of anthem health is gail kazaria

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border

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who is worth an estimated 50 million

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dollars and one may ask themselves

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couldn't this person who is the ceo of

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the company

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make the right decision here and allow

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this person to get the medical treatment

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that they so desperately need

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how is it all fair that some woman worth

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50 million dollars is going to sit in

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judgment of poor people who need medical

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treatment

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this is not fair and this should never

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be tolerated we should never allow this

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to happen in our country

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what kind of a world do we live in where

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some billion dollar company gets to

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decide

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what medical procedures poor people are

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allowed to get

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this decision should be in the hands of

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the patient and the doctor

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not greedy billion dollar insurance

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companies

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if you think it's wrong that a greedy

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insurance company with an estimated

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revenue of 144 billion dollars with a

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ceo of an estimated net worth

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of 50 million dollars should not be

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deciding what medical procedures poor

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people need

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i think that we should all do something

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about it and that is to call anthem

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that's right let's give them a call and

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let them know what we think the number

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is

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and we should all ask to speak to the

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ceo gail cazaria-bordro

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ask her if her 144 billion dollar

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insurance company can't find the money

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to cover this young lady's medical

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procedure maybe she could take the money

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for the procedure this woman needs out

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of her own

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50 million dollars

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the greed of this woman the ceo gail

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kazaria boudreau and this greedy

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insurance company is unacceptable let's

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do something about it call them and let

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them know what you think until next time

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friends my name is stephen cambion

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bringing you another strange story

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operators are standing by live to take

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your call this one phone call could

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pick up the phone and make that call

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we're only seconds away before the show

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is over operators are standing by live

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pick up the phone and make that call

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right now