Their Physical Therapy Coverage Ran Out Before They Could Walk Again - KFF Health News
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Health plans limit physical or occupational therapy sessions to as few as 20 a year, no matter the patient’s infirmities. The limits persist despite federal rules banning insurers from setting annual dollar limits on the care they will provide.

Mari Villar was slammed by a car that jumped the curb, breaking her legs and collapsing a lung. Amy Paulo was in pain from a femur surgery that wasn’t healing properly. Katie Kriegshauser suffered organ failure during pregnancy, weakening her so much that she couldn’t lift her baby daughter.

  • Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    6 days ago

    SSDI, Social Security Disability Insurance

    SSI is Supplemental Security Income.

    Without those payments they would just die I guess.

    Yeah that’s pretty much the goal from the vicious freaks. Also, the payments for both systems are so low that plenty of them just die anyway as it is currently.