>

The local cancer center has a janitor who is around this age. It's awful that our society has come to a point where the elderly have to keep working, and even worse that a lot of them have to take jobs like janitors.
The building is closed on Saturdays and Sundays, though records show there should have been security in the building during that time.

Duty successfully shirked. >

The one year they blow it off, and this happens. >

Who hired creed as a security guard >

Creed was probably doing his job just fine, it was Debbie Brown >

They should get a card for Debbie >

Holy shit, a 72-year-old diabetic woman. Luckily there was a water faucet inside the cell or she would be dead for sure. >

They didn't take her to the hospital after they found her. What the fuck?! >

I assume they asked her and instead being crushed by medical debt she decided to try and walk it off. >

She's 72 and diabetic. She goes to the doctor all the time. I don't believe she'd refuse one hospital visit under that reasoning. >


She goes to the doctor all the time.

There is a big difference between scheduling doctors and a trip to the ER (where she would go). One of those I can save up for and make sure that I have the money for. The other one will give a litany of tests and an expensive as hell ambulance ride.
Source: My fiancé has a medical condition that requires specialty doctor visits, but also sometimes has her end up in the ER. It can be devastating to get that ER and ambulance bill. It is actually one of the reasons we can't get married as it would crush us financially. >

Would medicaid/medicare (idk the one for old people) not step in and cover part of the expenses? It's expected that old people go to the ER frequently. Is that not factored in to the old people insurance? >

I have full medical/dental/vision coverage under my employer's UnitedHealthcare package and ended up with a $2k out of pocket expense for 1 x-ray and 2 generic muscle relaxers just because my issue occurred at 3am instead of 3pm and my only option was the emergency room.
Insurance/ER is a huge fucking scam. Everybody knows to stay away from the ER if its avoidable because no matter what you get billed 10x the going rate. >

Can't see that anybody else has asked the question (apologies if I'm duplicating), but why would this ladies medical costs as a result of getting her checked out at a hospital need to be covered by her (or her insurer if she has one) at all? Wouldn't the court/city or at the very least her employer be responsible for any and all treatment required as a result of someone else's  negligence / error?
Must be fucking terrifying to live in a country where it's preferable to risk death or serious illness over going to the ER and going broke. >

No. Best case scenario is she finds a way to extend payment deadline while she sues to cover the costs, or pays out of pocket (whatever she owes that insurance won't cover) and sues to be reimbursed. Her only shot at having the costs covered up front are her employer realizing they're liable and they offer to pay/settle on the grounds that she doesn't sue in court, which is what frequently happens.
Despite being a developed country, our "worker's rights" almost unilaterally favor the employer when it comes to cases like these. California would be a good example of best-case practices in the US, while states like Tennessee and Florida have very few protections for workers. Unsurprisingly, almost all states governed by a Republican majority fall into the latter category. >

There are layers to how awful that is.


72 year old still working as a janitor.


She's diabetic and could have died.


No one checked on the holding cells for 3 days.


Did no one realize she was missing all weekend?