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It shouldn’t be shocking that a for profit system prioritizes profit over patient care. But it always is when we stop to thoughtfully consider the impact on people’s lives. The lack of regulation and government oversight of private insurers will generate more such examples. Vote accordingly.

Yup, this happened with my kid's OT last year. Her emotional regulation had improved, so they said it was "maintenance" and denied further visits. Guess what happened then?

Thanks for this. I'm going to start referring to it as "Health Insurance Lottery Coverage." If enough people start rebranding / referring to it as this, it will help prevent suppression of the issue.

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@sanders.senate.gov has a great proposal that'll ease America into mfa. If America can elect an older than dirt orange buffoon into office, surely #Sanders2028 isn't that insane???

Only "Supply Side Jesus" can create pharmaceutical cures. Please insert your life savings to save your own.

This happened to my family, too.

You Americans have the craziest system.

So sorry

Given the lack of credible evidence to support most psychiatric interventions one can see why insurers can see an easy out?

Constantly moving the cheese to spike the margins. This is not really healthcare - this is a forprofit industry

The insurance company makes money off of your daughter being in the hospital. They dont make money off the rehab, thats why they deny coverage.

Well said and true besides

Managed care is evil. I spent years working in healthcare accounting. The whole thing with getting approval from a disembodied voice on the other end of the line from someone who had never met the patient was cruel.

I am sorry to learn all this. The medical insurance mess is truly horrific.

The doctors let themselves be owned by people with money, which means a large percentage of doctors - should not be doctors. A lot paid for the title and didn't do the work that most Doctors have to do. Healthcare here is no longer safe.

This is unconscionable. I’m sorry you’re going through it.

That is not how many mental health conditions work...

How many should the doctor do that for? What percentage of your weekly work load are you willing to do for free? What percentage of this doctors personal "X many pro bono cases" slots were already filled? What lesson would insurance companies glean this personal sacrifice? What would they do next?

Seriously? Would you make this same argument for any other type of professional like an accountant? Mental health treatment almost always includes drugs, often expensive ones. Who would pay for that? And if the doctor had a half a dozen patients who were cut off from insurance? Pro bono for all?

The parachute has slowed our decent, time to remove it.

This is horrifying and maddening.

We are not a first world. We’re barely a second.

This is fucked up

And yet only one CEO has been shot! So far...

Explore the bad medical doctors too who are in the pockets of insurance companies.

The American people continue to get screwed on the daily and we’re programmed to smile and take it

Insurance companies, disgusting cretins

What Americans call health insurance isn’t insurance at all. It’s a fee collecting business. To maximize its profits, it would collect fees but provide no service at all ever.

This has happened to me multiple times.

"Pharmaceutical companies and insurance companies will not cure cancer or any other major disease... It might save a life, but it will cost them billions in lost profit." The creator of insulin gave / gifted his craft to humankind FOR FREE. Here in America, citizens still DIE because of cost.

It’s time to expose the inner workings of managed care as this article does. Fitting people into cookie cutter sets of standards to guide care is inhumane and criminal and needs overhauling.

This also happened with school resources for my ASD child in CA. Once he started to improve, they said he no longer qualified for the help. Which is why he was improving. The bureaucracy is what we need to fight and kill. Corrupt leaders hide in the red tape, and regular people are not served.

It's about time for mega insurers to be held to account for their vile treatment of patients in need of care. The rage is building.

Heartbreaking

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Luigi did nothing wrong.