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[–] Tronn4 24 points 6 days ago (1 children)

It's time for that green guy from that one video game that I can't mention because the auto mods are erasing free speech

[–] GreenKnight23 26 points 6 days ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 days ago

It's WeeGee time.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] GreenKnight23 15 points 6 days ago (1 children)

More like, disconnected from reality.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago

Poh-tay-toh tuh-mah-toh

[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 days ago

I feel like health insurance companies are putting a lot of pressure on people named Mario right now.

[–] frostysauce 7 points 6 days ago
[–] RememberTheApollo_ 8 points 6 days ago

So many internet arguments revolve around binary choices that don’t need to be binary or appeals to authority or hypocrisy as the only leg they stand on.

[–] donuts 236 points 1 week ago (19 children)

You know, at face value he's absolutely right. We shouldn't claim care that is unnecessary or maybe even harmful. But where we disagree is that I think that decision should be left to our medical professionals

[–] Modern_medicine_isnt 155 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Really what it should be is that if a doctor prescribes unnecessary care, they should go after the doctor, not the patient. Doctors have malpractice insurance. If the health insurance can't win a case of malpractice, then they should pay the bill. Why are patients in the midfle here at all.

[–] Alexstarfire 7 points 6 days ago

Patients usually have the least amount of power. That's why.

[–] captainlezbian 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

My attitude is that if the doctor prescribes unnecessary care there's a professional board for that.

Though let's be real, the health insurance for profit industry is the problem and it's not going to get better until we get rid of it

[–] Modern_medicine_isnt 1 points 6 days ago

Yeah, but the professional board is kinda like an HOA board. Should be more like a jury of all regular doctors or something.

[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 week ago

This is still validating the profit incentive of private health insurance.

If the doctor prescribes unnecessary care, it should be none of these peoples' business, because they shouldn't be allowed any stake in the decision whatsoever.

[–] SmoothLiquidation 37 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It’s the same trick as rebranding bank robberies to identity theft. It puts the blame on the consumer who can’t afford to defend themselves.

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Really what it should be is that if a doctor prescribes unnecessary care

That's the core problem. The entity that defines unnecessary care is health insurance. And there are TONS of stories of them denying Diabetes medication for people with diabetes and anti-nausea meds to pediatric patients getting chemo.

If they were doing the right thing, no one would be pissed off. The "recent target" was the one to decided to run on AI driven denials that were denying 90% of care for months.

They are not fulfilling their duty to take the money from the subscribers and pay their righteous medical bills and instead using it as raw profit.

They are employing their own 'doctors' to prove stuff that is definitely necessary is labeled unnecessary.

[–] NocturnalEngineer 10 points 6 days ago

Reminds me of the Tobacco Instrustry setting up the "Tobacco Institute", to disprove any links between smoking being addictive, and lung cancer.

They were constantly gaslighting the public, even tried to discredit the Surgeon General for his report on second hand smoke.

[–] unphazed 3 points 6 days ago

Not just meds. Patients with chronic pain are expected to take painkillers for treatment but omg if the doctor prescribes therapy deny that shit. Even though therapy helps faaaar better than medications for chronic pain sufferers.

[–] Modern_medicine_isnt 2 points 6 days ago

It's the conflict of interest in the "decision maker"

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[–] Sterile_Technique 82 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] 2piradians 14 points 6 days ago

I win! Whoosanext?

[–] [email protected] 50 points 1 week ago (9 children)

I miss Anonymous. Those fuckers would be figuratively burning down UHC right now.

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[–] Allonzee 46 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

What did you expect?

We've been told for years that herp derp the economy is doing amazing! If you don't agree there's something wrong with you! if you got laid off or your corpo landlord raised your rent and you're now dying in the street well then... look everybody! An evil homeless person lowering your property values with their continued existence! Git em!

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