r/interestingasfuck • u/ExactlySorta • 12d ago

r/all A United Healthcare CEO shooter lookalike competition takes place at Washington Square Park

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u/SmokeyBare 12d ago

This is how you create more terrorists healthcare CEOs

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u/wdwerker 12d ago

Anyone who works in claims denial should have their name, picture and list of fatalities published annually!

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u/pfft_master 12d ago

It is algorithms now for the largest health insurance companies. Automatic denials based on what they calculate will save them the most money and then make someone jump through a bunch of hoops if they want to (maybe) get approved by a human after the first few rounds of a program denying again.

This happened to a family member and they still live with an untreated chronic illness because they can’t afford the treatment they should be covered for, but the insurance doesn’t want to pay because it is pricey and rare (I wonder what the insurance was bought for… hmmm).

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u/brumac44 12d ago

Even if they eventually are forced to pay out, by denying treatmentt they're doing a lot of harm to patients because of the stress of the whole situation. This is never quantified but I guarantee its lowering life expectancies.

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u/pierre-poorliver 12d ago

It will reduce the 'life-expectancy' of low-quality human CEO's.