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> reputation is ruined By personally liable, I don’t mean “their reputation is harmed”, I mean “forced to file for bankruptcy, and will be paying off the court

> reputation is ruined By personally liable, I don’t mean “their reputation is harmed”, I mean “forced to file for bankruptcy, and will be paying off the court imposed damages for the rest of their life”. By professionally liable, I mean medical licenses being torn up, and their right to practice medicine being permanently revoked due to committing medical malpractice. I mean, these people need to be medical doctors, that are treated as making a medical decision, with all the requirements and liabilities that come from that. When Dr. Nick spends 1.2 seconds reviewing a patient’s file before issuing a denial, I’m proposing that being a life ruining decision for Dr. Nick.

munk-a 3y ago
If UHC can get Dr. Nick to reject claims for six months before he gets canned they'll be happy to set Dr. Nick up on a caribbean island for life after he declares bankruptcy - then all the other Dr. Nicks will be happy to throw their reputation in the fire for a cushy lifestyle. The issue we've got here is that the company has an immense amount of power and we need to punish bad actors at a level appropriate to that power - instead of just going after the individual bad doctors that are replaceable and numerous (we should still go after the individuals though).