Our care is so rationed that they have AI algorithms, supposedly overseen by “doctors” who aren’t practicing because they have too many malpractice suits against them to be hired anywhere, telling us what we can’t have.
These "doctors" have names, and there's a federal law (ERISA) requiring they be identified upon request. I'm *definitely not* saying they should be subjected to harassment when they rubber stamp a denial of lifesaving care, but I wonder if a very public name-and-shame would make them think twice.
And meanwhile, private equity is buying up hospitals right and left and EVERY TIME THEY DO they reduce the already skeletal staff to something even lower. Your prices go up, and in return, patients suffer 27% more falls and 38% more central line infections. hms.harvard.edu/news/what-ha...
Hard to see how this is in any way useful or necessary!
Cigna tracks every minute that its staff doctors spend deciding whether to pay for health care. Dr. Debby Day said her bosses cared more about being fast than being right: “Deny, deny, deny. That’s how you hit your numbers,” Day said. www.propublica.org/article/cign...
Cigna tracks every minute that its staff doctors spend deciding whether to pay for health care. Dr. Debby Day said her bosses cared more about being fast than being right: “Deny, deny, deny. That’s ho...
I'm pretty sure that there is no upper limit to the number of malpractice suits one can have and still get hired by a state prison system.
There was a time I was on a regimen of 5 shots per day (that's 150 shots per month), but my insurance only authorized 100 needles per month. And because needles might be used for illicit drugs, I wasn't allowed to purchase them without insurance authorization.
Seriously, I've been trying to get a patch test for skin allergies for YEARS.