Cigna Saves Millions by Having Its Doctors Reject Claims Without Reading Them

Re:Cigna Saves Millions by Having Its Doctors Reject Claims ... by willcipriano on Saturday March 25, 2023 @09:46PM (#35309795)

The mainstream media also doesn't mention that Americans already spend, on a per capita basis, the most on socialized medicine on the planet. I wonder if it has anything to do with those drug commercials that they play constantly?

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Re:Cigna Saves Millions by Having Its Doctors Reject Claims ... by paledot on Sunday March 26, 2023 @08:51AM (#35313896)

By my understanding, that's the most on health care. This includes private insurance premiums, which is why the "we like private because it's cheaper" argument doesn't hold water.

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Re:Cigna Saves Millions by Having Its Doctors Reject Claims ... by willcipriano on Sunday March 26, 2023 @09:12AM (#35314061)

Nope, the US government spends the most on socialized medicine.

The "We need to raise taxes to have universal coverage" argument doesn't hold water.

https://data.oecd.org/healthres/health-spending.htm

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Re:Cigna Saves Millions by Having Its Doctors Reject Claims ... by paledot on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @10:23AM (#35357724)

Interesting. In the summary, it's not clear what qualifies as "compulsory health insurance":

> Health care is financed through a mix of financing arrangements including government spending and compulsory health insurance (“Government/compulsory”)

Digging into the source report[0], we see the following footnote exclusive to the US:

> All spending by private health insurance companies reported under compulsory health insurance. Category “Other” refers to financing by NGOs, employers, non-resident schemes and unknown schemes.

[0]: https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/sites/ae3016b9-en/1/3/7/4/inde...

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