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dickthegrouch

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10. The question for the issue

Reply to C0RI0LANUS (Original post)

Thu Dec 12, 2024, 10:49 AM

Dec 2024

Should be the equivalent of the one they ask us when applying for insurance:

Has the insurance company ever denied or delayed approval for any treatments?

If the patient’s condition got significantly worse during such delay or denial we should have a RICO-like remedy, where the insurance company should have to pay the patient 3x what the recommended treatment would have cost.

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Americans Could Use a Database of Mortalities Caused by Callous Health Insurance Company Policies [View all] C0RI0LANUS Dec 2024 OP

Facts are powerful things bucolic_frolic Dec 2024 #1

ppl process numbers very differently from words. mopinko Dec 2024 #2

States probably wouldn't support ReRe Dec 2024 #3

Considering how loaded both parties are from health insurance money ColinC Dec 2024 #5

States where the insurance co. are located would be bribed to refuse to participate. lark Dec 2024 #4

This would be a victim-supported organization, like M.A.D.D. or "Moms Demand Action" against guns. C0RI0LANUS Dec 2024 #6

Make it an entry on the death certificate MacKasey Dec 2024 #7

Good idea, MacKasey, thanks very much indeed. Here's what that might read like: C0RI0LANUS Dec 2024 #8

Another good report might be 3825-87867 Dec 2024 #9

The question for the issue dickthegrouch Dec 2024 #10

Like other valuable-to-the-citizenry information, it's been locked up pretty well lostnfound Dec 2024 #11

Put another way, keeping sleeping in the "Matrix." Thanks for the poignant observation, lostnfound. C0RI0LANUS Dec 2024 #14

In LBN, there is an OP about Blue Cross/Blue Shield denying covering the cost of a medicine for a patient. C0RI0LANUS Dec 2024 #12

The database grew from the ground up. The Kansas patient victimized by BC/BS has been added. C0RI0LANUS Dec 2024 #13