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I'm not trying to flippant, I really don't know: how much of this specific case is caused by our completely byzantine and backwards health care system? Or is th

I'm not trying to flippant, I really don't know: how much of this specific case is caused by our completely byzantine and backwards health care system? Or is this more of a case of terrible people, well, being terrible? I would wager this sort of thing is beyond unheard of in a country that has both centralized, state-run healthcare and a progressive attitude towards addiction.

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CPLX 9y ago
All of it. This happens just as flagrantly in other branches of the healthcare system as well, from fraudulent diagnoses in personal injury and accident situations to routine overbilling, to recission. You are correct in noting this isn't a story about drugs at all, it's a story about health insurance.
55555 9y ago
These are drug addicts who largely don't have any savings. They are extremely cash poor. But they are "worth money" because each body can be used to bill an insurance company for outrageous amounts (which, one way or another, we all pay). Without an extremely flawed insurance industry this wouldn't be possible. How else could you make lots of money from people who don't have any?
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