A doctor’s letter to United Heathcare for denying nausea meds for a child on chemo

Universal healthcare is the only solution

This is why I couldn’t be a doctor in the USA. I’d be writing letters like this so often, they’d retaliate against me in some way (not in the US, so not sure how, but I can imagine it would be financial). Fuck that. Australia’s Medicare is faaaarrrr from perfect, but it pisses all over what passes for a “Health Care System” the Seppo’s think they have.

My wife ran a private practice for over a decade. She dropped United as a carrier because of their high denial rates and their unusually complex claims process – even for insurance companies.

Their claims processes are designed to be difficult for all users – providers as well as patients – and they change the process frequently and without notice. This disrupts the automated billing systems most providers rely on. They count on claims being such a pain in the ass that providers will often not bother trying to collect, then be forced to either eat the cost of treatment or push it to the patient.

I bet that what most healthcare providers are thinking about this event is something along the lines of “not surprised.”

Imagine fighting cancer and an insurance company at the same time. This is beyond cruel.

Any chance to crowdfund more private HR consultants to visit other healthcare companies too?

Here’s to hoping that this ceo is just the first!

I work in a family practice clinic and one of the providers was on a phone call with MVP, I believe about an albuterol inhaler that MVP was refusing to cover, despite the fact that the “preferred medication” caused the patient to have a dangerous reaction. He finished the phone call by telling the representative, “OK, so instead of paying the $x.xx for the inhaler, I’ll just send him to the ER, and then you can pay the $5000 for that visit.”

I am retiring in 15 days, I cannot wait to flee the hellscape that medicine in this country has become.

Do they actually want us to cry for this inhuman scum? That’s not going to happen.

I for one am just fine with the guillotines. Bout damn time.

Why do they use united healthcare as a name?

I wonder how many letters and messages like that, or much worse than that, United Health received just in the one month before dude’s assassination? Hundreds, maybe thousands. And my guess is the triggering event for the assassin happened months or years ago. Only way they catch this guy is sheer luck, he’s bragging about it at a Chili’s happy hour, or he has other targets and will trip himself up eventually.

We need to execute more of these executives.

Ridiculous! Thank God, I live in a country with universal healthcare

This doctor is a HERO…I wish there was a follow up to the story because I want to know if the child got the medication. We need more doctors like this, HELL we need doctors like this running the insurance companies!!

Wouldn’t it be funny if Trump brought in UHC by ‘accident’?

Does anyone else watch the video of that CEO getting popped multiple times and laugh? lol me either.

I don’t feel sorry for any of these psychopaths that get run down.

I’ve seen comments like these here and on Fox News. It’s pretty damning when someone is murdered in cold blood in the streets and a near uniform reaction across basically all people is, “ya, that checks out.” You’d think this would be a wake up call but all it’ll likely change is the budget for security.

Oh I knew all of these were about to start flooding the internet and I am fucking here for it. Because, make no mistake, this is *exactly* why that guy got popped.