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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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[–] Subverb 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Insurance companies are parasites killing their host.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Only when they start costing more than they're expected to produce in future profits. So less like a parasite and more like a soulless corporate leech, because actual parasites at least want the host to survive until they can reproduce.