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'Out of control': Cancer surgeon claims UnitedHealthcare questioned her mid-procedure (www.rawstory.com)

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A breast cancer surgeon had to "scrub out mid-surgery" to call a UnitedHealthcare representative because the insurance giant questioned whether the procedure she was in the middle of performing was really necessary.

Dr. Elisabeth Potter posted her story to Instagram this week, and the post has gotten more than 221,000 likes.

Still wearing her scrub cap, Dr. Potter began her video saying, "It’s 2025, and navigating insurance has somehow just gotten worse."

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[–] WhatYouNeed 44 points 2 weeks ago (18 children)

Medical insurance companies should be forced to also provide life insurance to the same customer.

Then they have incentive to keep their customers alive.

[–] Hazor 6 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I like this line of thinking, but I expect they'd just lobby to make the life insurance payout requirements lower than the expected cost of treatment.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Lobbying should be handled legally the same as bribes.

[–] candybrie 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

So a-ok as long as it happens after the thing is passed? Because then it's just a tip.

[–] WhatYouNeed 2 points 2 weeks ago

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