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Re:Big Insurance Met Match When Turned Down a Top Trial Lawy... by lotsofpulp on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @07:41AM (#38189602)
Insurance companies employ lots of doctors and pharmacists to review these decisions. Pretty sure it is a legal requirement, and they have to have active US licenses.
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Re:Big Insurance Met Match When Turned Down a Top Trial Lawy... by carl_dr on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @08:29AM (#38190014)
The problem is the word “employ” in that sentence. They are going to do what their boss tells them to.
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Re:Big Insurance Met Match When Turned Down a Top Trial Lawy... by lotsofpulp on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @08:37AM (#38190092)
I don’t think it can be expected to have doctors all the way up the chain. Even in the UK’s nationalized healthcare system, the chief is not a doctor, and I assume many under her are not either:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanda_Pritchard

Even if the chief was the doctor, they would be getting their funds from the political leaders, who are most likely not all going to be doctors.

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