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RE: Heard a rumor today about the Ben Askren situation

Posted on: July 17, 2025 at 13:58:48 CT
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Probably if you go to page 234 line 1, subsection D, part xxix, there is some clause that allows them to deny payment.

And given he was in a risky occupation, and who knows how his insurance is handled, whether through his occupation, or the camp he owns, that would add in more complications.

https://www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-athletes/mma-net-worth/ben-askren-net-worth/

I am kinda surprised he is not worth more than he is (no idea how accurate this is).
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Heard a rumor today about the Ben Askren situation - lqf2b8 MU - 7/17 13:48:49
     Insurance companies do it all the time. If only 35% of pol- - Danno MU - 7/17 20:46:36
          Had a workers comp case - implode STL - 7/17 21:38:07
     You'd think they would cough it up for something like that(nm) - CulturedDan MU - 7/17 14:23:45
          nice (nm) - Bosalphus KC - 7/17 14:52:12
          they were really trying to take the wind out of his sails(nm) - cnk MU - 7/17 14:24:38
               their level of moral ineptitude is breathtaking(nm) - CulturedDan MU - 7/17 14:25:54
                    The insurance company's reply to the request was simply - lqf2b8 MU - 7/17 14:27:39
                         (gasp)(nm) - TigerA MU - 7/17 14:37:01
     Insurance, but can he breathe with 1 lung?(nm) - AWOLTiger KC - 7/17 14:21:48
          Ezekiel "weezy" McBride threw a no hitter in game 7 - lqf2b8 MU - 7/17 14:23:31
               He contracted a blood infection after getting a severe case - lqf2b8 MU - 7/17 14:25:53
                    Oh no - cnk MU - 7/17 14:37:06
                         Stop - AWOLTiger KC - 7/17 14:46:22
     isn't everybody otherwise healthy? nm - TiGertim MU - 7/17 14:06:12
          Besides the rampant, crippling aids, I'm otherwise healthy(nm) - Joeboo MU - 7/17 14:10:07
          I mean he could be a smoker or a drug addict or morbidly - lqf2b8 MU - 7/17 14:09:14
               if he was any of those things, the hospital would have said - CulturedDan MU - 7/17 14:24:24
     the dude just had major surgery less than a month ago - Joeboo MU - 7/17 14:02:38
          I am sure people in that profession - meatiger MU - 7/17 14:07:07
          I'm guessing lung transplants need prior auth - lqf2b8 MU - 7/17 14:05:51
               They absolutely do. Insurance definitely denied the pre-auth - BigSlickTiger MU - 7/17 14:33:36
                    You might be retarded (nm) - phrejd STL - 7/17 14:49:07
                    makes you wonder how any of the 3,000+ lung transplants - CulturedDan MU - 7/17 14:36:26
                         through the ass?(nm) - cnk MU - 7/17 14:41:00
                              That costs extra - zaaguy MU - 7/17 15:04:59
     RE: Heard a rumor today about the Ben Askren situation - meatiger MU - 7/17 13:58:48
     The spirit of Luigi lives in all of us (nm) - Columbian Gold MU - 7/17 13:57:45
     Because breathing isn't a medical necessity. - tgr MU - 7/17 13:55:27
     i have no other explanation than insurace execs are evil - TigerA MU - 7/17 13:51:13
          Or the story is 37% bull**** (nm) - phrejd STL - 7/17 14:50:05
          RE: i have no other explanation than insurace execs are evil - BigSlickTiger MU - 7/17 14:31:36




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