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Sounds about right for those ghouls.

The story of John Cupp and his preventative death… infuriated me and broke my heart.

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More appropriately named EvilCore.

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Luigi……cough….ahem.

I know this is like 200th in order of importance of things to note in this story. But Jesus H Christ, they actually named themselves "EviCore?" I mean "EvilCorp and EvilCore" are what evil corporations are named in satires and comic books.

Looks like the company also denied the proper use of the letter L in their name. Evil 2 Core

The alt text is great.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fYD...

Tick-tock America.

Evicore is a 4 letter word.

the "L" is silent

Great article

Geez I literally read that as EviLcore and thought this has to be The Onion. Either way, too on the nose, simulation!

Moral failure by our society that a company like that even exists.

EvilCore

Same!

Great journalism!

A must read. Insurance companies and their cohorts are evil/greedy to the core.

EvilCore sounds much more accurate

More fuckers.

I mean even their name looks like “EvilCore”.

Yep.

it's crazy to me that even this company is owned by Cigna, another insurance company. These health insurance guys control everything

“EviCore is not alone in engaging in the denials-for-dollars business. The second-biggest player is Carelon Medical Benefits Management, a subsidiary of Elevance Health, the health insurer formerly known as Anthem.”

EvilCorp

to paraphrase the late-great Mickey Leland, 'these are some evil motherfuckers'

Past-tense though.

Evi(L)Core

We sometimes have to wait, but certainly not if it is life-threatening. Don't get caught up in the BS and anti-universal healthcare propaganda. Yes, we have issues with it, but there are no death panels or "deny" buttons when your life is at stake.🍁

Maybe we should form citizen death panels that discuss who the most egregious companies are, then publicly disclose their CEOs names and their daily routines/schedules and let the people decide how they want the natural consequence of angry people in a country full of guns to play out.

It's beyond time to end health insurance. Find a pathway to provide healthcare for all. For-profit healthcare is a scam

I read "evilcore" because I didn't have my glasses and had a very "what, this isn't the Onion" moment.

It's Luigi time.

Very interesting article…as a retired RN…this brought tears to my eyes… I’ve known similar cases as this one…where someone died unnecessarily…

That sounds like…fraud?

So many companies exist just deny people healthcare and we have to pretend that is the most efficient system

Evil Corp… they weren’t at all subtle in naming their intent.

They ALWAYS want to cut costs, because that's what quarterly earnings and shareholders demand. Just what about that is there that you don't understand?

They are definitely trolling us on a certain level, although from their perspective they don’t see the dystopia we are experiencing. The class separation generates different realities and our current society is built to support theirs while disregarding ours.

I once had an insurer that used them and Evilcore was my unfond nickname for them.

Elliot is nodding in approval.

In the 1997 movie « The Rainmaker » , the insurance company procedure book had the same concept: when you receive a claim, step one, refuse it. An old practice still happening.

John Arlotta, eviCore healthcare's CEO, John Arlotta, has 58 employee ratings and a score of 56/100, placing them in the Bottom 15% of similar size companies on Comparably ... 2.5/5 726 votes

This BS needs to stop. Profits over life is unacceptable.

Quelle Surprise!

Wow

Nothing will get done under the Trump administration! He’s for the ins. Companies

Fascist murderers - period.

EviCore? More like EvilCore.

Until the profit morive stops driving healthcare, this crap will continue. Unnecessary suffering .

F them!

John Arlotta, eviCore healthcare's CEO, John Arlotta, has 58 employee ratings and a score of 56/100, placing them in the Bottom 15% of similar size companies on Comparably ... 2.5/5 726 votes

Yeah. I’ve dealt with evicore for the last three years. I will say: you pester them enough and get Doctors to advocate for you…. You CAN win. But you have to be merciless in your advocacy for yourself. Don’t take NO for an answer. Keep calling.

ProPublica’s reporting should be the basis for either a RICO case against the industry or a class action where every patient denied care that caused financial ruin or death can sue for trauma/wrongful death. They operate a conspiracy to commit murder and mayhem of their own customers.

And by "rein in costs" you mean "gouge obscene profits from paying customers by denying the care that they've paid for," yeah?

It's also noteworthy that survival rates in cancer patients decrease substantially when their financial resources are exhausted.

They hire soulless doctors to make these decisions. Obviously, a very high turnover rate there.

Please save us!

This story has probably occurred a million times in the USA.

Did they leave out the "l" so it wouldn't be too obvious?

Hate to state the obvious..but shouldn’t there be an L in their company’s name?

What to do about this...?

A little digging says they’re owned by Cigna but their President is a Pharmacist PhD named Celeste Player

An estimated net worth of $169 Million

EvilCorp represents 60% of Cigna’s profits s202.q4cdn.com/757723766/fi...

#taxbillionaires and #MedicareForAll

This is healthcare in America

EvilCore.

Yet, they cannot be sued for malpractice. Thanks, GOP.

Doctors earn $300K. CEOs are making way higher. The CEO of Aetna earned a salary of about $977,000 in 2012; however, when you factor in non-salary compensation such as stocks and options, his total compensation package that year was valued at over $36 million. medschoolinsiders.com/pre-med/are-...

The real money sucker in medicine is not in the delivery of care, but rather in overseeing the business of medicine. The average insurance chief executive officer earns approximately $584,000 per year, the average hospital CEO earns $386,000 per year.

I guess I spoke too soon. Doctors in US charge more than the doctors in other countries.

Luigi, if you're listening...

Aetna denied mom rehab 2times after she fell & spent 18days in hospital. Even after doc peer-to-peer reviews. Our fam self paid. Out $23k so far w rehab/PT/Copays. Mom is fine now & walking. No thanks to Aetna. We are furious w them.

Should be called Evilcore.

Welp. “…for every $1 spent on EviCore, the insurer would pay out $3 less on medical care and other costs.”

EvilCorr

I kinda already know what this article is about, which is just as well because I can't stomach reading it. So, so fkked up.

Long story, but when I worked in insurance, I was told to deny 30% of claims...I refused.

So these are the evil scumbags that hurt customers when they need services!

Evi(L to the)Core? Isn't that a subsidiary of the Umbrella Corporation?

Exactly my thoughts, Brian! EvilCore.

This is so insightful and so upsetting... We have not rights as patients..

They are really named EvilCore? Wow, that's transparent

Insurance Co. are going to deny themselves out of business. Why pay insurance when you can save money and actually access it when needed? You're going to have to declare bankruptcy anyway if you need surgery, so...

It's managed care organizations, It's commercial and privatized healthcare, it's the PBMs, it's monopoly facilities & hospitals, its state & federal lawmakers, it's monopoly Oligarchy rapeing US healthcare.

“Rein in costs” = profiteer off suffering

We have lost our humanity

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Thank you for this. Denial of Care is a business practice designed to improve profits. Period. It's good to have it documented.

This is why you call your insurance company immediately and request the name of the doctor who declined the procedure, what their specialty is, and what their license number is and where they're licensed to practice. More often than not, they'll back down and approve the procedure.

Why is EviCore missing an L?

I appear to be incapable of reading it any other way, so they might as well have as far as I'm concerned.

EvilCare

Nothing in the health sector should be publicly traded. Fucking vile.

Cause they are so much fun!

Our government allows this criminal behavior.

We are watching you Washington and we want you to make some changes in our healthcare system so we get what we pay for and what we deserve!

This is why healthcare should not be for profit. Anything that is for profit, the emphasis is on profit, and care, etc., is always after that.