@milos @pluralistic

The rules of health insurance are deliberately made so complex that they can be interpreted in whatever way the insurer chooses. They are also intentionally impossible for anyone to understand. I work in the business, and I met with one of our own internal sales representatives to try to get an explanation of my benefits.

After several hours of attempts to get it straight, we both gave up.

That's a feature, not a bug. Just as it's quite deliberate when health insurance companies say that co-pays and high deductible benefits are ways to "educate the patient to be a wiser health consumer"—as If the average patient could tell the difference between an MRI or an x-ray. It's all magic to most of them. And don't even get me started about elderly patients!

We are all nothing but chum in the water in a world full of sharks.

#enshittification #HealthInsurance #HighDeductible

In a statement, spox for Gov #KathyHochul said, “The initial claim by #CMS was patently false, & we are glad they now admit it.”

“Governor Hochul has been clear that #NewYork has zero tolerance for waste, fraud & abuse in #Medicaid, or any other state programs, & will continue her efforts to root out bad actors, protect taxpayer dollars, & safeguard the critical programs that New Yorkers rely on,” spox Nicolette Simmonds said.

#Trump #idiocracy #RevengePolitics #law #HealthInsurance

Krepich said the probe was ongoing as the #Trump admin still has concerns with #NewYork’s oversight of personal care services & the #Medicaid program…. #CMS claimed there were other flags about New York’s program, including that it spends more per beneficiary & per resident than the average state, has high personal care spending & employs so many personal care aides that the job category is now the largest in the state.

#idiocracy #kakistocracy #RevengePolitics #law #HealthInsurance