Thankfully Chewed Up and Spat Back Out!

  It is one of those nights where my system is reved up and sleep will take a bit before it hits. On my mind is quite a bit — I am disappointed in a lot of things lately, well over the last decade or so, it has been but I do not think it is too late for change. Now if you haven't been following along, I suggest you read these, first. Seriously Centene, not again. Vanguard did you know? If so, Why? Why Centene? Did you catch up? Ok, this is what is eatting at me, the way a corporation like Cetene has their own political action committee (PAC) and the donations they make to both sides of the aisle. I take it that may be normal, how else do you hedge bets — but the entire thing is repulsive. Who said corporations are people too? Oh, right, Romney. Anyway, back to Centene and their PAC. They like to give donations — a lot. https://www.opensecrets.org/political-action-committees-pacs/centene-corp/C00397851/candidate-recipients/2022?t0-search=romney&t1-search=rom Above is from 2022,

My fingers are aching and I really haven’t wanted to write because of that and well, I am a little focused on getting lost in research on Medicaid and Centene, but right now the reason I am focusing on them is screaming out, yet again, in my own personal situation. This is something I cannot ignore and I am preparing to make those calls, I have to calm my mind, first. Last night I shared with friends yet another example of denial of pre-authorization, however this time it is called a partial denial. They’re playing poker with my physical therapy. This is what I shared with friends: The original request for aqua therapy was for 20 sessions, of course  Meridian of Illinois  didn’t approve all…just some… So, last week they requested 10 or 12 more….wanna know what Meridican did? The approved 3. What does this mean, another request will have to be made, Now, mind you, my surgery was in Oct. , the extensive spinal surgery I had to fight for and where it turned out to be even more extensive a

Making profits off of government subsidized healthcare — sick people. The disabled. Children in foster care. Elderly. The poor struggling to put food on the table. Profits off their backs. Profits off of taxpayer funded programs. #HealthcareinAmerica and via Medicaid and #Centene .  Huh? As of the morning hours of January 25, 2024 and according to:  https://money.cnn.com/quote/shareholders/shareholders.html?symb=CNC&subView=institutional After feeling gutted by pain and denials from my Medicaid insurance provider, Meridian of Illinois a subsidiary of #Centene, I compounded my pain by doing research. It is a sick hobby of mine, and I say sick because it often leaves me feeling that way. When I saw the list of investors I wondered to myself what kind of people invest in a corporation making bank off of government subsidized healthcare for our most vulnerable population; the elderly, the disabled, the poverty stricken for whatever reason-including health conditions, and CHILDREN — eve