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In your contrarian urge to defend some of the worst of the status quo, you forget the insurance company's whole role is to pay for medical care. I suggest you
by tivert 2y ago
In your contrarian urge to defend some of the worst of the status quo, you forget the insurance company's whole role is to pay for medical care.
I suggest you read up on this. IIRC, it was UHG's practice to deny claims indiscriminately to increase the personal burden of accessing medical care. Because, you know, if people pay their premiums to the company but it doesn't pay out, it makes lots more money for the shareholders.
It's weird how you seem to consistently elide motivations even when extremely relevant.
- comp_throw7 2y agoAn insurance company's "role" is to distribute risk, not to "pay for medical care" without question. The perversion of what constitutes "insurance" in the US medical industry is the fault of our legal system and tax code, and the insane cost of medical care (which is ultimately the root cause of most of these problems) is down to the medical cartel (also legally enforced).
- kaibee 2y ago> The perversion of what constitutes "insurance" in the US medical industry is the fault of our legal system and tax code The ACA's public option was killed by a Senator who had a lot Health Insurance industry backing and support.