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I think you don't understand the games they play. They will cause a surgery to be delayed the day of the surgery by last minute denial tactics, losing patients precious time in things like cancer treatments. In that case, you didn't have the time to even collect the money and get a loan, if that's really your angle.

It's not performance art, just empathy.

I have a friend who they tried to kill this year. His doctor recommended going in and removing an area they thought some skin cancer had spread to. They performed the surgery, biopsy confirmed their suspicions.

After all that, the insurance company (too late thankfully) came in and said they didn't think the cancer had spread, so no need for surgery.

I hope you never have to deal with this, but if you live long enough you or a friend / family member probably will.

There's countless amounts of blood on their hands. It's not about bills coming in and getting uncovered, it's about life saving surgeries being delayed till the patient dies in hopes that they can avoid covering something they're supposed, or avoiding paying for a medication in the hopes that the patient dies before they can litigate.

I don't really care how you want to spin things, that's murder, and thankfully most folks agree with me.




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