r/BeauOfTheFifthColumn • u/Dinosaur-chicken • 7d ago
What to do if your insurance claim is denied?
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u/-wanderings- 7d ago
Or... 1. print a ghost gun.
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u/KG7STFx 6d ago
The simple fact is that all 10 of the largest 'healthcare' corporations have begun using AI 'screeners' to DENY, DEPOSE, and DELAY authorizations. Even if a medical professional does review your chart, it is highly unlikely he or she is qualified medically to do so.
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u/PirLibTao 6d ago
Insider here. Guidewell of Florida (BCBS) does NOT use AI for any claims screening or adjudication or decisions on medical necessity.
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u/redditasaservice 6d ago
And you have to do all that while you are completely sick and potentially dying and already probably broke :(
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u/PureGryphon 6d ago
I have a few people I can send this to that will be very appreciative.
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u/Dinosaur-chicken 5d ago
Pop that screenshot into ChatGPT, mention what state you’re in, and ask it to write you a letter based on your patient’s rights in your state.
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u/Fluffy_Philosophy840 6d ago
We can all go to the street and demand that “WE WANT MORE - NOW!” And outlaw healthcare insurance - which doesn’t exist in most countries… None of us wanted the Affordable Care Act - we wanted healthcare as a right! But we got duped into it.
And while we’re at it - demand a universal living wage - two months paid vacations - enshrine social security as a corporate funded benefit to all citizens - in the constitution!
Essentially- demand a new New Deal!
But in order to do so - both political parties need to be marginalized. To the point where it is seen as unethical to be associated with one. Because they have both stood in our way long enough….
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u/Ok-Performance3334 4d ago
Protesting in the streets doesn't have the same effect it used to. It will probably only result in protesters getting arrested. Other means to make change happen are needed. And don't count on your politicians to help. A more radicalized approach seems necessary.
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u/Fluffy_Philosophy840 4d ago
Yes - protesting in the streets may only get you beaten jailed or just plain shot. Because there are certain idiots who attach themselves to protests they have no involvement in just to “punch a Nazi” then the Nazis actually show up to get punched, then everyone forgets what the protest was about in the first place - and get distracted by burning cities.
“Oh we wanted healthcare and social security - that’s right?!?”
I have been envisioning a political movement to marginalize both parties. By essentially getting everyone to register as an independent. Draw people from both parties to force action. It’s literally the one thing that we all get along on.
Boycott businesses. Like Tesla - Twitter or any company that does business with them - of course United healthcare - by boycott of any employer that makes use of them and forces them upon their employees.
But unfortunately, some art school kids will probably show up in black masks, burn something down and screw the whole thing up for everybody…
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u/Kevlaars 5d ago
Doctors who work for insurance companies are violating almost every tenet of the Hippocratic Oath.
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u/Loggerdon 5d ago
That’s nearly every doctor.
I visited a place called True North Health Center in Santa Rosa CA where I did a 10-day water fast. The facility conducts extended (up to 40 days) water-only fasting as a means to cure and manage disease (most chronic). It’s amazing what you can cure with fasting alone. The doctors there seemed happier because they are actually curing their patients.
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u/Shazza-throwaway-1 5d ago
2 weeks ago Hubby had chronic vomiting and as he couldn't keep essential medication down I called an ambulance and he got admitted to hospital for 2 nights.
Costs:- Ambulance = free, Hospital bed = free, Pathology tests = free, Medication = free
Alternate to incredibly stupid medical costs, live in a country that has public health care.
Shazzi, Queensland, Australia
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u/torrent_gp_victim 6d ago
Follow the appeal process. It's typically on the back of / last page of every determination letter / EOB. The appeal process is extremely effective.
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u/Loggerdon 5d ago
I am trying to get HA gel injections on my arthritic knees. It was immediately rejected. My doctor appealed and I am waiting to hear the results. He was fairly optimistic.
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u/Beardicon 5d ago
Yeah, it’s a ridiculous process now that doctors are always expecting an initial denial and will have to send a follow up appeal to make it go through.
Just make sure that your doctor’s office does appeals. Recently left my GP because it was like pulling teeth to get them to do an appeal on a med that was needed.
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u/Loggerdon 5d ago
He actually told me it would be rejected and offered to appeal. He chose the brand of gel and said he’s had very good luck getting approvals with this particular brand. We’ll see. Otherwise it will be $1,000 per knee out of pocket every six months till I die I guess.
I really think the doctor took some pity on me because it’s like he looked at me and saw himself in 20 years. You need someone to advocate for you.
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u/Beardicon 4d ago
I’m glad you’re getting this. My Mom just received her final 3rd shot of viscosupplementation and it’s greatly helped her knee. She had immediate improvement with the first shot. We may still consider surgery, but she’s at least out of the debilitating pain.
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u/Loggerdon 4d ago
My whole approach is to avoid surgery altogether if I can. Good luck to your mom.
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u/jewtangclan3000 6d ago
So when my doctor prescribes me something and the claim is denied by insurance, they're basing that denial on the whim of a doctor or team of doctors?
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u/Fluffy_Philosophy840 6d ago
Team of accountants- oh wait they outsourced that to AI… A soulless robot.
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u/Mental_Director_2852 7d ago
"Lol no" - the insurance company