John Q Essay

The overview of the movie John Q is about medical insurance not paying for a heart transplant that a child needs to survive, sadly the hospital would not place the child’s name on the transplant wait list without 30% down of $250,000, unfortunately, the hospital considered them uninsured due to their insurance plan and had to be recognized as cash payment patients Both parents are hardworking Americans, the husband, which holds the insurance policy for the family, without knowledge and without his consent, his employer changed his insurance plan from PPO to HMO. After John Q received notification that his insurance had denied the procedure, both parents looked for other resources and sold anything they could make money on. Parents raised $16,000

John Q, his wife, and son Michael were living life and enjoying every bit of it. John Q was working at a plant that was giving him 22 hours a week as a part-time employee. He with along with other friends were looking for other jobs and make ends meet. His wife had just started working a new job. Unexpectedly, their son becomes ill with an abnormal heart and their lives changed from that point on. The hospital administrator and cardiologist that delivered the results of what they found wrong, were heartless. All John Q could say,” But I have insurance.” The hospital administrator told him that the benefits he had been paying for were not enough and did not cover the whole procedure. The administrator told them that in order to place them on the transplant waitlist, he would have to pay 30% of $250,000, that is $75,000. The hospital administrator did not seem to want to work with them at all. She suggested to them to make Michael comfortable and let him die. Of course, Michael’s mother is out of her mind after hearing this, for which I think was unethical of the hospital administrator. John and his wife looked for resources with government agencies and appealed his insurance benefits, but unfortunately, he did not have any luck with them. Family and friends helped with whatever they could, and John and his wife sold everything they could to get the money together. After all that, they raised $16,000 dollars