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> With private insurers in the US, it means denying care for person A because they think they can get away with it and it will increase their profits. The pers
by refurb 2y ago
> With private insurers in the US, it means denying care for person A because they think they can get away with it and it will increase their profits.
The person at the insurer who denies a claim is not making more money because they denied it. The company as a whole might, but not the person denying it.
- wat10000 2y agoRight, the ones who profit are just setting up the rules, policies, and incentive structures that those people work under.
- refurb 2y agoThis is a really simplistic approach and you're never going to fix it. There are numerous stakeholders who setup the rules - the government, insurance companies, hospitals, doctors, billers, etc. All of them profit from the current system, but there is no single stakeholder who decides the overall rules.
- wat10000 2y agoMy only point is that there are people with a lot of power to decide who gets what treatments who profit from denying treatment. That’s 100% true. Fixing it is another matter. Of course that’s not easy.