Retired San Francisco Firefighter Ken Jones Dies at 70 After Blue Shield Denied Cancer Coverage
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Summary
Ken Jones, a retired San Francisco firefighter who served for 17 years, died at 70 from stage four metastatic lung cancer. In his final year, he had to fight not only his disease but also his insurance company, Blue Shield of California, which denied coverage for critical treatments. The article highlights the systemic failures in healthcare and insurance coverage for first responders who develop occupational illnesses.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledKen Jones spent 17 years running toward the danger everyone else was running from.
When the danger finally came for him, the people who were supposed to have his back are the ones who turned away.
What made his final year so much harder was that he had to spend it battling his own insurance company at the same time he was battling the disease.
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