ProPublicaFeb 2, 2023

“We’re Still Gonna Say No”: Inside UnitedHealthcare’s Effort to Deny Coverage to Chronically Ill Patient
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After a college student finally found a treatment for his ulcerative colitis that worked, the insurance giant decided it wouldn’t pay for the costly drugs.

His fight to finally get coverage exposed the insurer’s hidden procedures for rejecting claims.

#Insurance #UnitedHealthcare #Health #Healthcare #DenialOfCare

https://www.propublica.org/article/unitedhealth-healthcare-insurance-denial-ulcerative-colitis?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

UnitedHealthcare Tried to Deny Coverage to a Chronically Ill Patient. He Fought Back, Exposing the Insurer’s Inner Workings.

After a college student finally found a treatment that worked, the insurance giant decided it wouldn’t pay for the costly drugs. His fight to get coverage exposed the insurer’s hidden procedures for rejecting claims.

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Show threadTheCityDweller 
@ProPublica I wonder when US health insurers will offer euthanasia injections to "end costly cases painlessly". We're not far from that anymore.
Feb 2, 2023 at 3:19pmWeb
Show threadYourviceisalockedroomFeb 2, 2023
@toor @ProPublica when I had UC, and Blue Cross cancelled by policy, then threatened to sue when I appealed, I would have gladly taken a euthanasia option. 15 years in and I still haven’t recovered from the trauma of that
Show threadQuincyPeckFeb 4, 2023
@toor @ProPublica even cheaper to just deny claims and let people die off.
Show threadTheCityDweller Feb 4, 2023
@QuincyPeck @ProPublica This is why "Conservative" love fundamentalist churches and push people to go there because then they can say "God ordered you to go home to him. Pray. And you won't be a burden for us so we can lower taxes."