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Re:Torrent of Hate for Health Insurance Industry Follows CEO... by justinclift on Thursday December 05, 2024 @11:36PM (#42336376)
Not sure how this is relevant?
Re:Torrent of Hate for Health Insurance Industry Follows CEO... by s1artibartfast on Thursday December 05, 2024 @11:40PM (#42336398)
Because they arent murdering or killing people to make money. The less they pay out, the less they make.

Because there is a clear legal understanding of how much profit is acceptable.

Re:Torrent of Hate for Health Insurance Industry Follows CEO... by justinclift on Thursday December 05, 2024 @11:52PM (#42336454)
> Because they arent murdering or killing people to make money.

Ahhh. I guess you're not aware of stuff like this?

https://www.newsweek.com/hospitals-are-reporting-more-insura...

Re:Torrent of Hate for Health Insurance Industry Follows CEO... by tptacek on Thursday December 05, 2024 @11:58PM (#42336481)
This is the second time on this thread you've pasted this Newsweek link as a rebuttal. I don't understand why you think it rebuts either argument.
Re:Torrent of Hate for Health Insurance Industry Follows CEO... by justinclift on Friday December 06, 2024 @12:13AM (#42336565)
Does this one help illustrate the problem?

https://www.theregister.com/2023/11/15/unitedhealthcare_ai_m...

Re:Torrent of Hate for Health Insurance Industry Follows CEO... by tptacek on Friday December 06, 2024 @12:22AM (#42336601)
What "problem"? You're not being clear about what you're trying to say. That a particular insurer has done bad things? Nobody was going to take the other side of that argument.
Re:Torrent of Hate for Health Insurance Industry Follows CEO... by s1artibartfast on Friday December 06, 2024 @12:42AM (#42336734)
Denied claims mean less profit for the insurer. They only get to keep a percent of what they pay to hospitals. Do you have a response to that?

One of the primary jobs of insurance companies is to vet claims. If we didnt want that, you could just make a shared bank account and let doctors and hospitals bill anything they want to it. You might save 10% on overhead, but it would collapse instantly.

Re:Torrent of Hate for Health Insurance Industry Follows CEO... by justinclift on Friday December 06, 2024 @02:33AM (#42337309)
> Denied claims mean less profit for the insurer.

If that were true then United Healthcare wouldn't have rolled out an automated system that (reportedly) denies ~90% of people regardless of their actual need.

Re:Torrent of Hate for Health Insurance Industry Follows CEO... by tptacek on Saturday December 07, 2024 @01:02PM (#42351477)
I'm not going to stick up for UHC, which is an obnoxious company, but do you honestly believe UHC is denying 90% of claims? Have you thought the implications of that claim through?
Re:Torrent of Hate for Health Insurance Industry Follows CEO... by justinclift on Tuesday December 10, 2024 @02:39AM (#42374697)
> Have you thought the implications of that claim through?

The CEO getting shot seems to indicate it's probably more true than less true.