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choie

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27. Do they deny claims for profit?

Fri Dec 6, 2024, 12:51 AM

Dec 2024

No, they don’t. They do it because they’re constricted by the parameters set by congress and the cms administrator in order to save what they will call tax payer money. Not to enrich shareholders and CEOs. I don’t know where you get the idea that these systems are comparable.

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The police are looking for the wrong murderer [View all] Mr.WeRP Dec 2024 OP

Who do the police "protect & serve"? Well, you got the answer right there... RockRaven Dec 2024 #1

From a DA Levy poem from the sixties Dave says Dec 2024 #9

Better go after CMS/Medicare/Medicaid/Tricare too. They deny care also. But wait until Kennedy takes over. Silent Type Dec 2024 #2

They don't make blood money from it though Mr.WeRP Dec 2024 #3

The difference is the amount of money EdmondDantes_ Dec 2024 #7

Purity is hard on both sides Mr.WeRP Dec 2024 #10

I read that the overhead for Medicare is 3%. 3Hotdogs Dec 2024 #22

Still gets denied. Spin it how you like. Silent Type Dec 2024 #8

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This message was self-deleted by its author Dave says Dec 2024 #6

There is quite the difference! Dave says Dec 2024 #12

Actually it's pretty close, especially when you realize of the 9.8 % of claims originally denied by private insurers, Silent Type Dec 2024 #13

Uh huh Dave says Dec 2024 #14

Do they deny claims for profit? choie Dec 2024 #27

They deny claims that don't meet governmental guidelines to keep from wasting money that could Silent Type Dec 2024 #28

The majority of providers are not fraudsters. choie Dec 2024 #41

Medicare is fine. NoRethugFriends Dec 2024 #34

Good. Glad it works for you. I'm on traditional Medicare too but may be forced to take Silent Type Dec 2024 #35

Are there warrants? Indictments? TheProle Dec 2024 #4

Just tax them to death Farmer-Rick Dec 2024 #20

the "rule of law" isn't just trash to repukes these days Skittles Dec 2024 #24

He looks between 20 and 80. White male or light skinned ethnicity. Male, possibly female or nonbinary. Hellbound Hellhound Dec 2024 #5

I'd Be On The Lookout For Someone Who Looks Like Those Pics... smb Dec 2024 #16

Unfortunately, the only way to get a vision plan is through private insurers. Original Medicare Silent Type Dec 2024 #29

You can sit over here next me, Hellhound Amanita Pantherina Dec 2024 #39

It's a tragedy when a person of wealth and power is killed like Thompson was, but a statistic when people neverforget Dec 2024 #15

Now is not the time for any practical solutions... Omnipresent Dec 2024 #17

Class action and antitrust lawsuits against medical insurance executives, investors and investment bankers PufPuf23 Dec 2024 #18

Your solution is useless. 3Hotdogs Dec 2024 #23

Realize that the opinion is a dream of what should be. PufPuf23 Dec 2024 #25

the entire premise of Medicare "Advantage" is they profit the more they deny care Skittles Dec 2024 #26

If you've got a case where a patient died or was permanently injured from a denial, you'd have a good suit. Silent Type Dec 2024 #30

Killing in the name of profit Bettie Dec 2024 #19

No. Because that kind of murder is legal. ColinC Dec 2024 #21

Time for prison for CORPORATE PERSONHOOD. Bluethroughu Dec 2024 #31

whoa... brilliant! thank you! bluboid Dec 2024 #32

We mustn't forget the biggest murderer of all DENVERPOPS Dec 2024 #33

I'm not surprised this happened. MadMike47 Dec 2024 #36

I pray for that guy. Fuck this shit. Klarkashton Dec 2024 #37

Some murders are legal BWdem4life Dec 2024 #38

They shouldn't be looking for the killer? NT Patton French Dec 2024 #40