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“I have no idea what’s going on, and the UFC, they can’t help me,” McCall (13-5-1 MMA, 2-3-1 UFC) told MMAjunkie.
“My esophagus would do this thing – it would seize up,” McCall said. “And then I would lose blood flow to brain, then pass out. Then I’d end up throwing up from anywhere from an hour to on and off for a couple of days. That was happening during the (Justin) Scoggins training camp, and the (Ray) Borg camp. I was in and out of the hospital.”
“They told me when I was leaving New York that I’d be covered; everything I needed would be covered,” he said. “I’m like, ‘Cool, I can finally figure this out. I can finally get this done and do all the tests and make sure I’m not dying or some (expletive).’ But I got home, and I got a phone call that said, ‘Hey, man, we’re sorry. We can’t cover you.'”
After a series of financial hits unrelated to fighting, McCall is wary of going out of pocket to solve the issue when he can’t be certain of the diagnosis.
“It is (the UFC’s) fault, but at the same time, it’s not,” McCall said. “They’ve got an insurance plan that doesn’t help us.”
“If I do ever fight again, it will be a lot more money than $16,000 and $16,000,” he said. “That’s just not worth my life and my health.”
http://mmajunkie.com/2017/05/ufc-ian-mccall-scary-medical-symptoms-health-insurance
“My esophagus would do this thing – it would seize up,” McCall said. “And then I would lose blood flow to brain, then pass out. Then I’d end up throwing up from anywhere from an hour to on and off for a couple of days. That was happening during the (Justin) Scoggins training camp, and the (Ray) Borg camp. I was in and out of the hospital.”
“They told me when I was leaving New York that I’d be covered; everything I needed would be covered,” he said. “I’m like, ‘Cool, I can finally figure this out. I can finally get this done and do all the tests and make sure I’m not dying or some (expletive).’ But I got home, and I got a phone call that said, ‘Hey, man, we’re sorry. We can’t cover you.'”
After a series of financial hits unrelated to fighting, McCall is wary of going out of pocket to solve the issue when he can’t be certain of the diagnosis.
“It is (the UFC’s) fault, but at the same time, it’s not,” McCall said. “They’ve got an insurance plan that doesn’t help us.”
“If I do ever fight again, it will be a lot more money than $16,000 and $16,000,” he said. “That’s just not worth my life and my health.”
http://mmajunkie.com/2017/05/ufc-ian-mccall-scary-medical-symptoms-health-insurance
