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Re:HHS announces rule to protect consumers from surprise med... by ceejayoz on Friday July 02, 2021 @02:54PM (#27715346)
They're looking at clamping down on that, too.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/06/biggest-health-insur...

> Doctors and hospitals are condemning plans by UnitedHealthcare—the country’s largest health insurance company—to retroactively deny emergency medical care coverage to members if UHC decides the reason for the emergency medical care wasn’t actually an emergency.

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Re:HHS announces rule to protect consumers from surprise med... by sidewndr46 on Friday July 02, 2021 @03:23PM (#27715702)
This was my experience as well. I went to the ER with tremendous chest pain, it turns out I have some issue with my ribcage. Not my heart. UHC decided I did not in fact need to see a cardiologist or an ECG since I wasn't having a heart attack and declined to pay for anything.

Multiple attempts on my part to resolve this yielded nothing. I contacted the state of TX, who brought suit against both parties (insurance & service provider). Somehow, the day before the court appearance they all agreed to settle the claim at no cost to me.

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Re:HHS announces rule to protect consumers from surprise med... by yellow_lead on Friday July 02, 2021 @03:58PM (#27716090)
Good on you for being persistent.
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Re:HHS announces rule to protect consumers from surprise med... by bradstewart on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @10:01AM (#27748667)
Perhaps unsurprisingly, I do indeed have United Healthcare.
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