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The Mens Room Daily Podcast

Insurance Denied And A Question

The Mens Room Daily Podcast

Audacy

Society & Culture

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2026

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Who Sucks Less

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0:00.0

Now, the men's room wants to know who sucks less.

0:07.1

Yay, time for Who Sucks Less.

0:08.6

Steve to throw who you bring us three stories from the news each and every week.

0:11.1

They always suck.

0:12.3

It is up to us to determine how to the three stories which one sucks the least.

0:16.4

Now, if you happen to like the Men's Room on Facebook or you follow us on X or Instagram at Minsroom Live,

0:24.9

the debate is already underway on Who Sucks Less. Yes, indeed. And today it'll probably piss you off, but that's the world we're living in right now because we're

0:28.1

talking about the world of medicine and medical insurance. Always a happy, sir. Ted, you're

0:33.3

already disappointed. See it in your face. I just had charged $500 for somebody to go, you need a CPAP. Right. They're telling me, I need this. Yeah. That's a whole other story. Yeah. That's ridiculous. I just shouldn't have gone to the doctor. I should just bought a machine. You should have just done that, yes. All right, let's start in San Francisco. We're a veteran firefighter. He's forced

0:54.9

to raise money for his stage four lung cancer battle after he was denied insurance coverage

1:00.1

for treatment. So in March of last year, Ken Jones, a retired San Francisco firefighter who spent

1:05.1

17 years working for the city, he was diagnosed with adenocarsinoma, the most common type of non-small cell lung

1:12.8

cancer. Now, his cancer was the result of years on the job. And as you could probably piece

1:17.7

together, firefighters have an increased risk of lung cancer, including adenocarsinoma,

1:23.0

due to inhaling carcinogens like smoke and other toxins because they go into burning

1:28.2

buildings.

1:29.1

That's according to the American Lung Association, but you know, what do they know?

1:33.4

Now, following his diagnosis, Jones's doctor, he informed him that he requires a specific

1:37.7

course of treatment that includes chemotherapy and immunotherapy.

1:41.4

However, his insurance provider, Blue Shield of California, they denied coverage,

1:46.8

as well as an appeal filed by Jones's oncologists. Now, spokesman for Blue Shield declined to comment

1:52.5

on the denial of coverage citing patient privacy laws, which is odd being that the patient is the one

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