Thread: PA - Dad Dies Hours Before Daughter's Birth

This is a TRULY tragic story. The husband dies same day his wife delivers their first child. Read their insurance nightmare. Something is screwed up when AMERICANS suffer while illegal aliens get the best care.

[quote]Wife's Email to NBCPhiladelphia

Andy skipped his last checkup when their health insurance was canceled.
Updated 8:45 PM EST, Tue, Feb 10, 2009


Urban Family
Trisha emailed NBCPhiladelphia after the interview to talk about the medical and money challenges the couple faced.

“Andy and I lost our group health insurance through his old employer when he started his internship. We could not afford to pay for the Cobra to continue the group plan since the internship was not paid. I was working 4 part-time jobs to support the both of us and was also not able to obtain health insurance benefits.

Watch VideoHeartache and happiness for a new mom in Tilden Township, Berks County. Her husband died just hours before the birth of their first child.

Dad Dies Hours Before Daughter's Birth

We looked into a private insurance plan but no one would cover my pregnancy nor his heart problems since they were "pre-existing conditions." We ended up getting a second-rate student insurance through his University. I needed more doctors visits; ultrasounds, and even had to go to Children's Hospital of Philadelphia for further testing because of Andy's heart defect.

Andy also had more in depth medical visits to his cardiologist both here and in Pittsburgh. When the medical bills started to really accumulate the health insurance Company decided to drop our coverage - stating his internship was not enough credits to consider him full time and thus we were not eligible for the insurance.

The University is trying to fight this but we have close to $100,000 in medical bills.

But the real tragedy is my husband missed his last cardiology appointment a few weeks ago ... he was afraid to obtain anymore health insurance debit since we were going to have such a large bill for the delivery of our daughter.
I can't help to think that his death may have been prevented if he would have gone to that last appointment and will always carry that regret. Like many Americans, it angers me that very hard working people such as my husband and I was not able to obtain sufficient health insurance.

Issues such as health care are a common political topic, but you don't realize how much of an impact it has on people's lives until it happens to you.â€

This is insane.

Is there a link to the story? That is truely a tragic outcome for an American citizen.

Originally Posted by uniteasone

Is there a link to the story? That is truely a tragic outcome for an American citizen.

Oops! I knew I forgot something. I edited and added the link to the story.
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/loc ... rance.html

That is tragic and these people weren't asking for freebies or handouts. Hate to think in the future, if the government has their way, that they may have said Andy wasn't worth treating because the outcome wouldn't compensate for the debt.........

What a sad, sad story but the fact an Illegal Alien could have just walked into an emergency room and been taken care of makes it 100 times worse.

Thank you miguelina.....the picture shows them as a young couple.....

WOW another one of those "LAZY AMERICANS that do not want to work"

Trisha had 4 PART TIME JOBS!!!!!
IMAGINE THAT

Just think, hospitals all over the USA are right now filled with illegal aliens birthing anchor babies and not having to pay a red cent. Americans are declaring bankruptcy every day because they can't pay their medical bills. This is sick beyond words.

We can pay for Octupo mom but we can not pay for a hard working dad or a pregnant the natural way mom to be. This is not only tragic, it is an OUTRAGE!

Whatever you do don't forward this to Obama. The man hates babies, hard work, and the value on life. :P