Charles OrnsteinFeb 3, 2023

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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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 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 threadDorotheaLaster
@tob @charlesornstein @ProPublica All health insurance companies behave like United Heathcare. What you are saying is false.
Feb 9, 2023 at 4:31amWeb