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Cigna health giant accused of improperly rejecting thousands of patient claims using an algorithm (www.witn.com)
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The class-action lawsuit, filed Monday in federal court in Sacramento, says Cigna Corp. and Cigna Health and Life Insurance Co. rejected more than 300,000 payment claims in just two months last year.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They've done a good job convincing a lot of people in this country that government is incompetent/inefficient/nefarious in running public services and that private companies provide better services and will keep costs down via competition and lack of regulation. It's totally working, guys!

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

and that private companies provide better services and will keep costs down via competition and lack of regulation.

And reality is actually the opposite. Take Medicare Advantage plans. They cost the government more money than regular Medicare. And they are worse for consumers, because they have been found to deny 18% of claims they should have approved and that regular Medicare would have approved.