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'Out of Control': Insurance Giant UnitedHealth Calls in Middle of Cancer Surgery to Question Necessity | Common Dreams (www.commondreams.org)
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[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago

Why is anyone in the operating room taking a call during surgery? Surely anything an insurance company has to say can wait.