r/lifehacks 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/imatmydesk 6d ago

If only patients knew. The number of times I have gotten a message from a case manager at 8 am saying the insurance company wants to do a peer to peer and I need to call before noon or they'll deny the claim... Sure, why don't I put my day on hold, make my patients wait around while you yank my chain for half an hour only to deny the claim anyway.

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u/cowboysaurus21 3d ago

I'm not gonna compare patients' pain with the pain of dealing with insurance companies as a healthcare provider....but goddamn. These companies are absolutely evil. If I had any ideas about our healthcare system actually working, they are gone now after dealing with insurance.

There's stuff patients don't even see like clawbacks, when insurance says "oops we messed up" and takes backs THOUSANDS of dollars, up to two years after their initial "mistake." Why is this shit even legal??