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Health insurance industry PR is working overtime right now diverting blame to physicians for claim denials and rising costs. I feel compelled to remind everybody that Optum (UHC) is the largest employer of physicians in the US. We have never had less power in healthcare than we do right now.
December 12, 2024 at 6:03 PM
Health insurance industry PR is working overtime right now diverting blame to physicians for claim denials and rising costs. I feel compelled to remind everybody that Optum (UHC) is the largest employer of physicians in the US. We have never had less power in healthcare than we do right now.
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ProPublica has been the only “large” media organization consistently covering the many crimes and other cartoonishly evil practices of private health insurance companies. If you haven’t previously reevaluated which sources of media you choose to consume, it might be worth looking into
Cigna tracks every minute that its staff doctors spend deciding whether to pay for health care.
Dr. Debby Day said her bosses cared more about being fast than being right: “Deny, deny, deny. That’s how you hit your numbers,” Day said.
www.propublica.org/article/cign...
Dr. Debby Day said her bosses cared more about being fast than being right: “Deny, deny, deny. That’s how you hit your numbers,” Day said.
www.propublica.org/article/cign...
A Doctor at Cigna Said Her Bosses Pressured Her to Review Patients’ Cases Too Quickly. Cigna Threatened to Fire Her.
Cigna tracks every minute that its staff doctors spend deciding whether to pay for health care. Dr. Debby Day said her bosses cared more about being fast than being right: “Deny, deny, deny. That’s ho...
www.propublica.org
December 12, 2024 at 3:44 PM
ProPublica has been the only “large” media organization consistently covering the many crimes and other cartoonishly evil practices of private health insurance companies. If you haven’t previously reevaluated which sources of media you choose to consume, it might be worth looking into