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In reply to the discussion: New Yorker: A Man Was Murdered in Cold Blood and You're Laughing? [View all]
yardwork
(66,221 posts)70. Lazy doctors?
Wow. You may not realize this, but your comments here are exactly why people hate health insurance companies.
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New Yorker: A Man Was Murdered in Cold Blood and You're Laughing? [View all]
Dennis Donovan
Dec 2024
OP
No they don't and I'll bet money you can't provide a citation for that. I get you are are trying to justify shooting
Silent Type
Dec 2024
#4
You accept every thing you read. That's initial denials AND requests for additional info.
Silent Type
Dec 2024
#14
If you provide a citation for ultimate denials, not initial ones quickly overturned I'll contribute $25 to your favorite
Silent Type
Dec 2024
#21
You said they denied 30%, they don't. You left out the most important part about approving once lazy doctors
Silent Type
Dec 2024
#27
I said they denied 1/3 and the article this thread is about backs that up.
Think. Again.
Dec 2024
#31
Yes, but they did point out that you didn't provide it from the approved list of sources in their head
ThreeNoSeep
Dec 2024
#45
Just accept the fact that a corporation loyalties are to the executives and stock holders. The executives
LiberalArkie
Dec 2024
#63
After reading this thread, I'm starting to wonder and it damn sure isn't you.....
chouchou
Dec 2024
#90
I love that you are willing to die on this hill being factually wrong and mildly abusive.
ZonkerHarris
Dec 2024
#155
Does writer of article sound qualified. Her main article before was on "Britney Spears's conservatorship nightmare."
Silent Type
Dec 2024
#44
Interesting that you don't see her qualifications the way I do. Ronan Farrow is an award-winning researcher/author...
Hekate
Dec 2024
#58
She sounds to be a very good writer. As is Ronan Farrow. That's for showing us how qualified
Autumn
Dec 2024
#73
No joke. It's time Congress gets of their rears. They've had 60 years to enact something decent, and haven't.
Silent Type
Dec 2024
#77
I bet we couldn't get 85% of Democrats to vote for universal HC without private insurers involved. ACA
Silent Type
Dec 2024
#119
Yikes, where are you coming from with this attitude defending the undefensible?
roscoeroscoe
Dec 2024
#130
That attack on another DUer is unjustified and really wrong. That data was posted earlier.
hlthe2b
Dec 2024
#9
Nol It is not. Multiple sources report the highest denials rate and further that they were using AI
hlthe2b
Dec 2024
#29
That you keep changing to new strawman arguments is not working. It only shows you for
hlthe2b
Dec 2024
#41
Initial denials, final denials are like 9% and most are resolved quickly. Doctors do bill Botox for headaches when
Silent Type
Dec 2024
#19
There's also slipperiness in attributing initial denials to minor errors and "lazy doctors"
Prairie Gates
Dec 2024
#53
I work for insurance claims. I know how hard it is to push a totally valid claim thru with all the info
LizBeth
Dec 2024
#145
That was with the implications of algorithms. Then lets talk about implementing
LizBeth
Dec 2024
#146
When multiple corporations practice legalized murder for profit, I guess you could say that
Hekate
Dec 2024
#71
where are your citations/references that prove they don't deny claims at that rate?
Genevra
Dec 2024
#65
It's bad enough when trumpsters were the goons, it's another when Democrats join in.
Silent Type
Dec 2024
#2
Probably not, but they darn sure aren't what I expect from fellow Democrats. YMMV
Silent Type
Dec 2024
#50
I don't visit some of the internet areas that supposedly are so "horrific" on the comments. That said,
hlthe2b
Dec 2024
#3
Laughing at evil people dying is generally normal. Pretending an evil man was good or deserving of sympathy, is not.
ColinC
Dec 2024
#6
When huge insurance companies engage in causing economic disaster and even widescale deaths for profit
Attilatheblond
Dec 2024
#13
Perhaps this sadistic trend could be ended by lining up all of the chortling trolls and shooting them in the back.
OilemFirchen
Dec 2024
#39
My concern is reserved for the people that died or suffered/ were bankrupted etc.
Meowmee
Dec 2024
#40
Jia, you don't know me or anything about me - so how do you know if I'm laughing?
hatrack
Dec 2024
#54
Knowing what Brian Thompson is infamous for, I honestly can't say that I have anymore sympathy for him than I had
W T F
Dec 2024
#82
We just witnessed the final nail in the coffin of democracy and the elite's are surprised we don't give a flying fuck
yaesu
Dec 2024
#86
It's despicable - anyone applauding or condoning the murder of someone operating within the bounds of the law had better
Midwestern Democrat
Dec 2024
#123
"UnitedHealth Group, a health-insurance conglomerate valued at five hundred and sixty billion dollars."
Botany
Dec 2024
#129
I'm starting to LMAO every time it's mentioned The angst over this asshole being shot compared to the
Autumn
Dec 2024
#147