Comment by wlesieutre
3 days ago
And shouting about "death panels" in public healthcare systems, as if the private insurance companies don't have people whose whole job is denying as many claims as possible
3 days ago
And shouting about "death panels" in public healthcare systems, as if the private insurance companies don't have people whose whole job is denying as many claims as possible
They will also complain about waiting times - as if you don't wait with private insurance companies.
That is after you convince them that your procedure or exam is even needed, which can be a long protracted fight in itself.
Yeah. The biggest difference is you can elect the public healthcare death panels, or call your senator or representative to lean on them. There's not a thing you can do about the private insurers' death panels.
Medicare may turn you down for an organ transplant because there are only so many to go around and you're not the best candidate. Private insurance may turn you down because "shareholder value".
Payers don't really play any role in allocating the limited supply of transplant organs.
https://optn.transplant.hrsa.gov/patients/about-transplantat...