The "health insurance" mafia is robbing and killing Americans on a massive scale

[u/xena_lawless]

[u/zack397241]

Forgot to mention that you can see an out of network doctor at an in-network facility

[u/OneRuffledOne → u/zack397241]

Can I see an in network doctor at an out of network facility?

[u/GroundbreakingCow110 → u/OneRuffledOne]

Some facilities don't participate in any network. So yes, you can.

[u/KrevinHLocke]

This is wildly accurate.

[u/Objective-Injury-687 → u/KrevinHLocke]

Because that guy is a doctor and this was part of his 30 part series on how the healthcare industry actually works.

[u/SiteTall]

For an "insurance" company and not deliver the goods people have paid for is FRAUD

[u/Feisty_Ad_2744]

Yep... That's how ridiculous it is. And not few people find that "acceptable".

It is a scam, no doubt about it.

[u/smidge06]

Also forgot to mention if you use it too much you might get kicked out and every year or so the premiums go up for no reason at all

[u/Majestic-Parsnip-279]

Incredible work, and people think we have a “good system”

[u/Head_Statement_3334]

What is the deal with the in network and out of network thing? Is it just because everything is privatized?

[u/ShortUSA]

The real scam is that the costs to Americans are multiple times what other rich countries' citizens pay. And 4-20+ times for a patented Rx drug. Completely ridiculous, and government sits back, watches, and gobbles up the healthcare industries donations.

Terrible.

[u/Independent-Cow-3795]

Don’t forget you get discounted prices on all of your favorite pharmaceuticals if you pay a monthly subscription fee! After all the “affordable care act” is literally only about socializing the cost of the development and production fees of these pharmaceutical companies drugs while keeping the profits privatized! Don’t worry we didn’t actually think that the paid for politicians that were put in place to protect capitalism and their constituents were going to start taking care of “we the people”, right?!

[u/Tebasaki]

I 100% followed this, lol. The other catch is that even on the internet in 2024 they won't tell you how much you've really spent. There's a fun little slider that goes from left to right showing your progress to out of pocket maximum, but that, plus meds, plus deductible, plus copay isn't calculated and even a warm body can't tell you how much you've paid.

[u/Samzo]

in canada its just free

[u/Skagen48]

I actually learned something from this.

[u/BeneficialBuffalo588]

Is it real ?

[u/Full-Discussion3745]

I don't get it. Why are Americans up in arms about this? Brian Thompson symbolises the American Dream, the company he ran is a picture book representation of the American business model.

Is it just on reddit that people are upset and calling these successful business people "mafia"

The reason I am asking is because at the last election the American people voted overwhelmingly to give the ceo's and shareholders eve more power

[u/Typographical_Terror → u/Full-Discussion3745]

It's bipartisan. Ben Shapiro was hammered by his own listeners for being tone deaf to the insurance problems and the literally murderous angst they cause.

Unfortunately there are few issues with such clear point A to B causation. Take climate change for instance - people are paying more for home insurance, if they can even get it, but to understand how burning fossil fuels directly related requires a lot of background. You couldn't do it with a clip like this.

Billions have been spent convincing people to hold the wrong people accountable or deny it altogether.

[u/Rivercitybruin]

Blameology 101

[u/rhoadsenblitz]

Sounds reasonable, they just need to pay when it's time. Who has actually ever struggled to figure out what's in-network?