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This web site is in no manner affiliated with any Kaiser entity and the for profit Permanente Link for Translation of the Kaiser Papers | ABOUT US | CONTACT | WHY THE KAISERPAPERS | The following Kaiser Permanente medical negligence/medical fraud story was received directly from the victim. This person has requested that their identity and location not be disclosed. If DMHC were to develop an interest in seriously investigating this matter, the location information would be provided. I was "served" by
Kaiser
for a number of years. I utilized the (facility name
removed) services until
September of this year. I finally divorced and relocated to
another
state knowing I could get decent health care elsewhere.
I took a leap and
chance
and got a job with benefits. I was not really able to work
but did it
to get the coverage knowing when I had to quit I would have the option
of COBRA coverage and be eligible to obtain appropriate health care
that I was never able to obtain through Kaiser.
I had fibro and
serious
diabetes. I had spinal cord damage and ongoing pain
issues. I had
been on so many steroids for so long I acquired diabetes and eventually
serious circulation problems in my legs. Kaiser would do
nothing about
my legs. Walking became too painful to leave my home except
to made
visits to the doctor. My life began to waste away.
I paid for Doppler
testing
and took the test results to Kaiser hoping I could get some care for my
legs. No such luck. Six months later I was referred
to a Vascular
surgeon who told me nothing was wrong with my legs. "Your
legs are as
good as mine," he stated. It took almost a year to get to
this man and
his response amounted to these 7 words before he left the
office.
Obviously, he made a good salary as he certainly cut me off at the pass.
I got buckets of
generic
pills. All that I could take. Only the cheap
variety of course. No
real care. I got my flu shots when Kaiser didn't run
out. I got my
blood pressure taken on every visit and my weight taken but I was lucky
to get 3 minutes with a doctor.
It was an insidious
nightmare. I almost lost total usage of my legs from sheer
neglect.
Yesterday, 3 weeks
after
getting insurance in another state, I had the testing and have had one
leg repaired. I will have the other leg repaired in 30
days. I had
lost 70 per cent circulation in one leg and 90 per cent in the
other.
I was very close to losing my legs through neglect and abuse.
I
will never regain all that I have lost but I will not lose my
legs.
This would have happened had I stayed with Kaiser.
Had I not taken the
gamble
to leave the state and try to get insurance elsewhere I would have lost
my legs. I know that not everyone can do that and I have
suffered
financially - but I have my legs.
Today, I have color
in one
leg that I haven't seen in years. Even more dramatic, I have
hopes of
leading a normal life again after years of being in exile even though I
paid for Kaiser's health care.
Kaiser is a four
letter word to me. I would live anywhere to get out from
under their control.
Thank God I got out
in time.
Good luck to those
who
constantly work toward trying to bring about changes. You are
bucking
a politically backed giant who hides behind its "Not for Profit" logo.
Good Luck to You. I
feel your pain but I am on "the other side" now and on the road to
recovery.
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