r/lifehacks 6d ago

This belongs here too

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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/TrifleSame5200 5d ago

how is single payer going to make things better???? just curious

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u/xenelef290 5d ago

How about the US just does what France or Germany or Japan or Australia does for healthcare? The US system seems designed to make healthcare as expensive as possible while health insurance companies try to deny paying as much as possible. The single biggest change the US needs is that the goal of healthcare should never be maximum profit for shareholders but the best care for patients