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[-] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 149 points 10 months ago

Not nearly enough.

[-] meyotch@slrpnk.net 117 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

So let’s watch the denial rate at major insurance companies to see if it goes down.

Luigi’s trial will still be going on probably. I’m betting he’s going to drag it out as long as possible. His family is rich and influential so the trial is going to be a shit show, I hope.

And once we see a sudden (temporary) drop in denial rates, we can shit all over insurance executives again next quarter.

And the quarter after that when the denial rates sneak back up again.

Let’s just say I am really excited about shitting on that crew a lot.

[-] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 131 points 10 months ago
[-] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 62 points 10 months ago

She should email back that Brian Thompson personally approved her mammogram and that they should check with him.

[-] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

Oh that would send me into gales of laughter.

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[-] Jamablaya@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago

Hey look the Lemmy Ceo's are looking to ban users informing other users about jury nullification because apparently that's hate speech in Germany or some stupid bullshit.

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[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 12 points 10 months ago

First I’ve read that his family has money. That’s really encouraging.

[-] meyotch@slrpnk.net 13 points 10 months ago

Yeah apparently Baltimore country club types. People magazine has already done a thing on them.

[-] kautau@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

And now's their chance to prove that what's most important to them is what's right rather than how they look to others at the country club

[-] Mr_Blott@feddit.uk 72 points 10 months ago

The fucking disgusting bit is that's less than 8%. So it's still only 3% lower than it was at the beginning of the year

How many people died for that line?

[-] ColonelPanic@lemm.ee 16 points 10 months ago

Yes but have you considered that line goes down? Line must never go down so further cuts must be made to ensure line goes up next quarter.

[-] 2pt_perversion@lemmy.world 56 points 10 months ago

It should be lower. This incident really put a spotlight on their claims denial rate being the highest in the industry, twice as high as industry average. A lot of customers will probably be leaving but that hit won't happen until later when the next billing cycle comes.

[-] SuperCub@sh.itjust.works 29 points 10 months ago

Or the idiotic "open enrollment" period. Can't believe they only let us change health insurance once a year.

[-] answersplease77@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago

their subscriber numbers will dwindle down to shit. they are as good as having no insurance at all

[-] Revan343@lemmy.ca 9 points 10 months ago

A lot of customers will probably be leaving

How many of their customers actually chose them? Most people get insurance through their job

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[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 51 points 10 months ago

And if Americans really did have the ability to shop around for the health insurance they wouldn't need in a sane country in this first place, this might be a good thing.

As it is, anyone with UHC (like my family) will end up paying a higher premium.

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[-] blarth@thelemmy.club 50 points 10 months ago

Oh no, the imaginary number is going down. Whatever shall we do?

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[-] rarbg@lemmy.zip 47 points 10 months ago

Why are healthcare denials sent to and shouldered by patients? If you go to an in network facility, that place is vetted by insurer. So why isn't a 'denial' a matter between the provider and the insurer and transparent to the patient?

[-] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.ml 26 points 10 months ago

Why are there networks, health insurance companies, co-payments, payment disputes/ negotiations of prices, and people suffering from not receiving medical care?

Oh yeah, because this way it costs us significantly more and we can think we are doing better than others in life by acquiring a job where we have linked medical coverage too.

The fact that there are "classes" of healthcare is just repulsive.

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[-] Kekzkrieger@feddit.org 43 points 10 months ago

"value", it should be a service that is focused on servicing and have no value at all.

[-] Snapz@lemmy.world 43 points 10 months ago

Luigi, I can forgive a lot, but shareholder value... How could you, man?

How am I supposed to tell my kids about his when they are back from the character building camp I sent them to where they were hunting lesser human beings for sport in an eastern European country I won't name? This is really going to crush their big, delicate hearts...

[-] Tangent5280@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

Pff, peasant, sending your children off to some far ofd shithole. Shell out some real money and I'm pretty sure you can find some human hunting grounds within the U S of A. Turn it into family bonding time like a good father.

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[-] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 42 points 10 months ago

Still worth 490 Billion.

That's 1,000$ for every American.

[-] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 42 points 10 months ago

Boy the new and old media are having a thesaurus day with the word "killed".

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[-] Snapz@lemmy.world 38 points 10 months ago

How could Brian do this to the shareholders?

[-] x00z@lemmy.world 37 points 10 months ago

Too bad they will make damn sure this doesn't hurt the shareholders but the people themselves.

[-] Mubelotix@jlai.lu 31 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

If Luigi has shorted the company with some leverage, he might now be incredibly wealthy

[-] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 14 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Pumping bullets into executives is my fav way to pump & dump.

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[-] Kbobabob@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

Seems there would be a case against for insider trading.

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[-] foenkyfjutschah@programming.dev 30 points 10 months ago

are you saying in the USA they organize their health care around the stock market?

[-] frayedpickles@lemmy.cafe 10 points 10 months ago

It's called being civilized

[-] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 10 months ago

Here's some "" that fell off your post.

I think they were hanging around the word civilized.

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[-] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 28 points 10 months ago

It worked! This is a valid tactic.

[-] Jamablaya@lemmy.world 24 points 10 months ago

fucking lol. someone get the new ceo.

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[-] AlecSadler@sh.itjust.works 23 points 10 months ago

How do we get it even lower?

[-] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 14 points 10 months ago
[-] Wiz@midwest.social 7 points 10 months ago

Say what you want about him, but the last CEO "made a difference". Just not in the way that smug punchable asshole intended.

[-] Fuckfuckmyfuckingass@lemmy.world 22 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Is anyone else getting United Healthcare ads in their Gmail promotions tab? Seemed a little tone deaf.

Edit A word.

[-] ABCDE@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago

I stepped away from that creepy shit when I noticed just how awful Google (search) and Gmail have become, a complete contrast to how it was originally. Now it's Fastmail and Duckduckgo, and everything is so much cleaner.

[-] GhiLA@sh.itjust.works 20 points 10 months ago

checks fidelity

....naaaaaaah

lower

[-] b3an@lemmy.world 15 points 10 months ago

Think of the shareholders you monsters! Only they matter! Not the patients. Duh; Businesses pay huge premiums to insure their employees, can’t have that money being used for the good of the people it’s meant to help.

[-] chemicalwonka@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 10 months ago

Unfortunately, this is only a temporary oscillation and they will soon recover and everyone will forget what happened. The damage must be done to the political structure that allows these companies to exist as they are

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[-] TheObviousSolution@lemm.ee 13 points 10 months ago

Fucking A for some fucking A, this will probably sting them more than the death of their last CEO.

[-] Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works 12 points 10 months ago

I'm sure premiums won't go up drastically next year.

[-] Treczoks@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

That is the only thing that gets their attention.

[-] crystalmerchant@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

....until it goes right back up in [insert timeframe]

Will we never learn?? Make it stick!! Take more action!! Please let this be the spark

[-] Zaktor@sopuli.xyz 8 points 10 months ago

So... *checks math*, just 13 more? That's achievable. Let's do this.

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