Charles Ornstein

Listen to the audio as a UnitedHealthcare employee belly laughs as he and a colleague discuss denying a patient's expensive claim. "I knew that was coming."

https://www.propublica.org/article/unitedhealth-healthcare-insurance-denial-ulcerative-colitis @ProPublica

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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Feb 3, 2023 at 1:34amWeb
Show threadZakyfarmsFeb 3, 2023
@charlesornstein @ProPublica Medicare for all!
Show threadkflanaganFeb 3, 2023
@charlesornstein @ProPublica So, a lot like the Enron dicks laughing at folks in CA without power.
Show threadDorotheaLasterFeb 3, 2023
@charlesornstein @ProPublica I had been told by hospital employees that United Health Care sucked. Luckily when my son got sick BCBS had just taken over their Texas accounts. Here is proof.
Show threadYourviceisalockedroomFeb 3, 2023
@DorotheaLaster @charlesornstein @ProPublica BCBC did the exact same thing to me, with the exact same disease and medication. They’re no better, don’t kid yourself
Show threadDorotheaLasterFeb 9, 2023
@strangevice @charlesornstein @ProPublica BCBS saved my son's life. They are not perfect but they are MUCH better.
Show threadTom Bellin Feb 3, 2023

@DorotheaLaster @charlesornstein @ProPublica All health insurance companies do this. They can only make money by denying claims.

The problem is that insurance pools risk. If a million people have fire insurance, they all pay premiums that cover the 1 or 2 that actually have a fire. It works because the ratio of people that need help to people paying premiums is very small.

Everyone needs health care. The ratio is 1.

Show threadDorotheaLasterFeb 9, 2023
@tob @charlesornstein @ProPublica All health insurance companies behave like United Heathcare. What you are saying is false.
Show threadJoe HeafnerFeb 3, 2023
@charlesornstein @ProPublica Death Panels are real, and they are called American insurance companies. What a pathetic mess.
Show threadJoseph SimkoFeb 3, 2023

@charlesornstein @ProPublica

Health insurance companies are scum. Stuff like this makes me yearn for violent revolution, and I'm normally terrified by such things, but it might be worth it to see those employees with their backs against a wall.

Show threadOccupyOneLoveFeb 3, 2023
@charlesornstein @ProPublica
Show threadCaliBernicationFeb 3, 2023
@charlesornstein @ProPublica
This is infuriating.😠
Show thread12foxfireFeb 3, 2023
@charlesornstein @ProPublica
One of them was a nurse.
Show threadApril MFeb 3, 2023
@sepfeiffer @charlesornstein @ProPublica a nurse *with United Health Care*. How can you truly advocate for a patient when your primary responsibility is to keep costs down for your employer?
Show threadA.J.Feb 3, 2023
@charlesornstein @ProPublica Somewhere, UHC has a couple of recordings of me, as a customer, telling them exactly what I think. There may or may not be profanity involved.
Show threadGeorgia BlueFeb 3, 2023

@charlesornstein @ProPublica

#AbolishHealthInsurance
#AbolishForProfitHealthcare

#HealthcareIsAHumanRight

Show threadMax GatesFeb 3, 2023
@charlesornstein @ProPublica absolutely disgusting. Just another example of how neoliberal capitalist propaganda rots the brain…
Show threadocdtrekkieFeb 3, 2023
@charlesornstein @ProPublica That indeed sounds like having UHC! Never again, lol.