they/them might be giants ☭“Healthcare provider” is such a bullshit euphemism. Health insurance companies aren’t the providers of care; they’re the obstacles, the parasitic middle-men leeching off the system to the point of widespread breakdown. Brian Thompson’s company didn’t provide shit except returns to investors.
Evan Minto@babadookspinoza Health insurance companies are leeches for sure, but I think the term "healthcare provider" usually refers to doctors! (Insurance companies are called "payers" despite the fact that uh, their main goal is to avoid paying for anything)
Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UKin Britain (a "mixed economy" of public and private organisations providing the free at source national health care), the definition of a "healthcare provider" is an organisation which directly provides care to patients (they can be either part of the NHS or a private company).
We do have health insurers but those are mostly only used by rich old people wanting to avoid waiting lists for routine operations.