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Re:Time to Get Serious about Tick-Borne Diseases by amelius on Tuesday August 20, 2019 @05:24PM (#20752342)
But insurance companies will demand a cure, as they will not pay for a subscription of painkillers.
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Re:Time to Get Serious about Tick-Borne Diseases by bduerst on Tuesday August 20, 2019 @05:33PM (#20752438)
Insurance companies are incentivized to not pay anything.

They currently demand that patients do not even go to a hospital, hence the price penalties for going to an ER and lack of preventative care coverage. The only thing an insurance company will demand is what they currently do - the lowest cost, which is an Rx for pain pills.

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