Is there any hope to clean up the US health system in any foreseeable future? How did the health lobby get so much power and get away with all this abuse?
All the time is not a number but in Germany it's common that your legitimate insurance claim gets rejected at first and then you appeal once or twice and do the paperwork and
document the proof again, citing all terms & conditions that apply and you get what you are
owed or you get a lawyer to do the whole thing again and get what you are owed then.
"Arbeitsbeschaffungsmassnahmen" ( German for "employment creation scheme" ) in an industry where there is not enough actual work for--and or to justify the--number of employees. One of the more useful Ponzi schemes; if you are not a real capitalist, that is. Because if you are, then this shit is just fugly drag.
So far this year I'm seeing basically "We got $100 off! $0 paid by plan. You owe $xxx" I barely use it, but so far insurance isn't covering anything except basic $x refills
All the time. I have a UnitedHealthcare “platinum” plan, and it may as well not include pharmacy benefits because it never covers anything. Generic thyroid meds went from $2/month with Aetna to $70 with UHC. ADHD meds went from $10 to $300.
The threatened “death panels” we heard about when ACA was being debated are actually employees of insurers who decide what they’re not going to pay for.
I was raised a die-hard capitalist and in many ways still am. When it comes to healthcare these days, I’m somewhere to the left of Marx. What we have now is a failed system. It simply does not work. The turnip has been squeezed and there’s no blood left to wring from it.
For what it's worth, I've been thrown in society's waste basket altogether on this one.
No insurance, none, of any kind.
I've got a Free h D in hillbilly medicine though. I've accomplished some amazing shit, but it's unraveling a bit now, and I'll be super surprised if I last much longer.
One can certainly say such a hit to morale is just collateral damage in the beautiful face of our wondrous mutant hive, but what are you guys gonna do when we start stinking up your streets en masse? One way or another, you'll be smelling the smoke.
Soylent Green is here. Read your labels carefully.
Proudly Made in the USA with Harshly Sourced Ingredients. I was free roaming though, if that matters.
Edit: returned to clarify that I was pulling myself up by me bootstraps. It's just that it's getting tough to hold on to em tightly enough. No shoes no service though, I guess.
Do Americans think they are special? Do they think that everything gets paid for no matter what? An endless pool of money?
As a Canadian I had the pleasure of my insurer (Canadian government) denying my treatment. Multiple appeals, still a no. My doctor said it was the only thing that would treat my disease. So my only choice is paying for it in cash at $10,000+ per month, which I can't afford.
Are they saying no to patients or are they saying no to providers?
I’ve found numerous instances where providers have billed over $5,000 for procedures that I could get for $250 if I paid cash. They do things like seperating a test panel into 100 different separate procedures, etc.
I think they need some context in the article of the interplay between providers billing practices to maximize their fees and insurer denials instead of just demonizing the insurance companies.
Every denial doesn’t result in a patient not receiving care, but is sometimes pushback against overly aggressive providers/negotiation and some of that can and probably should be automated.
Obviously them denying necessary treatment is really bad, but I find that propublica articles are often highly opinionated against certain interests and leave out a lot of context to create an extreme headline.
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[ 3.0 ms ] story [ 38.7 ms ] thread"Arbeitsbeschaffungsmassnahmen" ( German for "employment creation scheme" ) in an industry where there is not enough actual work for--and or to justify the--number of employees. One of the more useful Ponzi schemes; if you are not a real capitalist, that is. Because if you are, then this shit is just fugly drag.
1. https://theonion.com/health-insurance-ceo-reveals-key-to-com...
The threatened “death panels” we heard about when ACA was being debated are actually employees of insurers who decide what they’re not going to pay for.
I was raised a die-hard capitalist and in many ways still am. When it comes to healthcare these days, I’m somewhere to the left of Marx. What we have now is a failed system. It simply does not work. The turnip has been squeezed and there’s no blood left to wring from it.
No insurance, none, of any kind.
I've got a Free h D in hillbilly medicine though. I've accomplished some amazing shit, but it's unraveling a bit now, and I'll be super surprised if I last much longer.
One can certainly say such a hit to morale is just collateral damage in the beautiful face of our wondrous mutant hive, but what are you guys gonna do when we start stinking up your streets en masse? One way or another, you'll be smelling the smoke.
Soylent Green is here. Read your labels carefully.
Proudly Made in the USA with Harshly Sourced Ingredients. I was free roaming though, if that matters.
Edit: returned to clarify that I was pulling myself up by me bootstraps. It's just that it's getting tough to hold on to em tightly enough. No shoes no service though, I guess.
As a Canadian I had the pleasure of my insurer (Canadian government) denying my treatment. Multiple appeals, still a no. My doctor said it was the only thing that would treat my disease. So my only choice is paying for it in cash at $10,000+ per month, which I can't afford.
I’ve found numerous instances where providers have billed over $5,000 for procedures that I could get for $250 if I paid cash. They do things like seperating a test panel into 100 different separate procedures, etc.
I think they need some context in the article of the interplay between providers billing practices to maximize their fees and insurer denials instead of just demonizing the insurance companies.
Every denial doesn’t result in a patient not receiving care, but is sometimes pushback against overly aggressive providers/negotiation and some of that can and probably should be automated.
Obviously them denying necessary treatment is really bad, but I find that propublica articles are often highly opinionated against certain interests and leave out a lot of context to create an extreme headline.