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The bureaucracy of dealing with a patchwork of health-insurances plans, their different payment structures, what care is/isn't covered, in-network or out-of-net
by UtopiaPunk 2y ago
The bureaucracy of dealing with a patchwork of health-insurances plans, their different payment structures, what care is/isn't covered, in-network or out-of-network etc, etc is a HUGE bureaucratic burdern. Doctors already do what you describe, or are at least pressured to do so. Doubly-so as places are being bought out by health insurance companies (like all those "Optum" clinics, which are owned by United Health Group).
A universal health care insurance plan, like "Medicare For All," would simplify bureaucracy. How many times can you honestly say that a government run program would simplify bureacracy?! Not often! But if we could just start over, a single health insurance plan that works the same for everybody in the country would be a huge burden lifted.
- bb88 2y agoA bureaucracy results in controlling the payout of money. Once people's paychecks are tied to running or working in a bureaucratic system, it's hard to get rid of them. Mostly because they can show how many requests for cash were denied and the savings they achieved which were passed on to the taxpayer or to the stockholders. A Fortune 500 company will find it easier to negotiate a good plan with easier money for it's employees typically, but a mom and pop shop doesn't have the negotiation power to make the insurance companies pay out. And just because it's a benefit today, doesn't mean DOGE (or whoever next in power) will enshittify it.
- UtopiaPunk 2y agoThat is the problem with good things. They sometimes are ruined. Best stick to the bad things, then!