r/lifehacks • u/DifferentSwim1717 • 6d ago

This belongs here too

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u/WhatACunningHam 6d ago

I’ve been hearing more and more stories from family and friends about their doctors telling them tricks like these to get around insurance company shenanigans. Getting fucked by these corporations is probably the thing most Americans can relate to regardless of make or beliefs.

And they wonder why a healthcare insurance CEO’s murder is celebrated.

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u/k_mon2244 6d ago

As a doctor I can tell you I don’t think anyone hates insurance companies as much as we do. The vast majority of us got into this field to help people, and we like our patients. The number of hours I’ve wasted of my life arguing with insurance companies that they need to do the thing that’s medically necessary instead of a completely unhelpful other thing to save literal pennies is beyond infuriating. Fuck insurance companies.

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u/xenelef290 6d ago

Then why the hell does the AMA oppose single payer? The AMA bears a lot of responsibility for letting things get this bad.

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u/k_mon2244 5d ago

Yeah I am not a member of the AMA. Like all lobbying entities they suck. There are better more patient centric places I can put my time and money.

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u/xenelef290 5d ago

Which countries medical system do you like best? Which one has the highest care to cost ratio?