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madamesilverspurs

(16,011 posts)
Mon Feb 25, 2019, 08:35 PM Feb 2019

Carrie Ann Lucas Dies At Age 47, You Probably Haven't Heard Of Her and That's a Problem

Yesterday, February 24th, the disability rights advocate community lost one of its mightiest members, Carrie Ann Lucas. Lucas was a nationally known disability rights attorney and a mother of four children, each of whom are adopted and living with disabilities. She was only 47 years old.

Her death was announced by family and friends on her Facebook page: “[Lucas] died after an arbitrary denial from an insurance company caused a plethora of health problems, exacerbating her disabilities and eventually leading to her premature death.”

Lucas lived with a rare form of muscular dystrophy, which slowly progressed and she became reliant on a power wheelchair and a ventilator during the last few years of her life. She also lived with type 1 diabetes, as well as hearing and vision difficulties.

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Weld County Democrats will miss her!


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Carrie Ann Lucas Dies At Age 47, You Probably Haven't Heard Of Her and That's a Problem (Original Post) madamesilverspurs Feb 2019 OP
I'd like to know which insurance company, not that they all aren't covered in blood catrose Feb 2019 #1
I have no words to describe the depth of hatred I have for these bloodsucking killers. CurtEastPoint Feb 2019 #3
UnitedHealthCare madamesilverspurs Feb 2019 #5
TYPICAL catrose Feb 2019 #7
I had them until they stopped accepting tax credits for those BigmanPigman Feb 2019 #10
K&R MustLoveBeagles Feb 2019 #2
Kick and recommend. bronxiteforever Feb 2019 #4
😔 blm Feb 2019 #6
What a disgrace KT2000 Feb 2019 #8
So the greed companies won again. PatrickforO Feb 2019 #9
I don't know how "welfare of workers, consumers & environment" can be legislated. Honeycombe8 Feb 2019 #12
I hear you. If your read the thing, it also requires corporations PatrickforO Feb 2019 #13
So sad. Honeycombe8 Feb 2019 #11
UnitedHealth??? How ironic that "health" is part of their name. They are deplorable. sueh Feb 2019 #14
UnitedHarmLair would be a more appropriate name. KY_EnviroGuy Feb 2019 #16
littlemissmartypants Feb 2019 #15

catrose

(5,227 posts)
1. I'd like to know which insurance company, not that they all aren't covered in blood
Mon Feb 25, 2019, 08:43 PM
Feb 2019

Rest in Power, Carrie Ann Lucas

catrose

(5,227 posts)
7. TYPICAL
Mon Feb 25, 2019, 10:11 PM
Feb 2019

To quote the previous commenter, "I have no words to describe the depth of hatred I have for those bloodsucking killers."

BigmanPigman

(52,148 posts)
10. I had them until they stopped accepting tax credits for those
Mon Feb 25, 2019, 10:51 PM
Feb 2019

with the ACA. Now I have only two insurers to choose from.

KT2000

(20,779 posts)
8. What a disgrace
Mon Feb 25, 2019, 10:17 PM
Feb 2019

Would love to see an investigation into how this decision was made. There ought to be penalties for insurance companies but in this brutal world, they are doing god's work per republicans.

PatrickforO

(15,079 posts)
9. So the greed companies won again.
Mon Feb 25, 2019, 10:21 PM
Feb 2019

This is why I'm so strong an advocate for healthcare. There is NO excuse, in a society like ours, for a woman to die because some beancounter at an insurance company made a decision against the patient but for shareholder profits.

Profit IS a dirty word when it comes to healthcare.

I'd urge all of you to support Elizabeth Warren's 'Accountable Capitalism Act' she introduced in August 2018. This law, if passed, would end the primacy of the shareholder and expand the fiduciary responsibility of CEOs to include the welfare of workers, consumers and the environment.

That would solve a hell of a lot of problems.

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
12. I don't know how "welfare of workers, consumers & environment" can be legislated.
Mon Feb 25, 2019, 10:59 PM
Feb 2019

You can take one situation, and it's subjective as to whether a corporate action includes the welfare of the workers and consumers. I think the environment is a bit clearer.

That's the problem with this sort of legislation. It's subjective. Unless there are specific things outlined.

PatrickforO

(15,079 posts)
13. I hear you. If your read the thing, it also requires corporations
Mon Feb 25, 2019, 11:02 PM
Feb 2019

to put X% of workers on their boards of directors - I forget the exact percentage, but the idea is to get a little democracy flowing.

sueh

(1,864 posts)
14. UnitedHealth??? How ironic that "health" is part of their name. They are deplorable.
Mon Feb 25, 2019, 11:08 PM
Feb 2019

RIP, Carrie Ann Lucas.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,594 posts)
16. UnitedHarmLair would be a more appropriate name.
Tue Feb 26, 2019, 12:33 AM
Feb 2019

Nowadays, they're wanting to be our doctors, drug supplier and hospital provider as well. In normal times we might hear some alarm bells in Congress regarding monopolistic business practices, but Republicans simply don't care about controlling businesses in any way.

I hope Speaker Pelosi is looking at this issue......

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