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Health insurers limit coverage of prosthetic limbs, questioning their medical necessity (www.cbsnews.com)

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[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 14 points 2 days ago

Doubling down, are we?

[–] UID_Zero@infosec.pub 58 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Maybe...just fucking maybe...basic human needs like healthcare should not be for-profit.

[–] jherazob@beehaw.org 2 points 1 day ago

And now the upcoming administration wants to privatize even MORE shit

[–] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 33 points 2 days ago (1 children)

"Limbs aren’t necessary."

Brian Thompson, probably.

[–] Vodulas@beehaw.org 23 points 2 days ago

I mean, he doesn't need them anymore

[–] Steve 31 points 3 days ago (1 children)

By this logic, I'm wondering if beds are medically necessary.

[–] Midnitte@beehaw.org 24 points 3 days ago

Or maybe the CEOs could just donate their limbs - after all, if artificial ones aren't necessary, are true limbs really?

[–] millie@beehaw.org 12 points 2 days ago

They just really want to be the stars of their own Bastille Day.

[–] LadyMeow@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 2 days ago

Casual reminder that it’s never not healthcare CEO season.

[–] 0x0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Which insurers? I truly cannot find this in the article

[–] Quexotic@beehaw.org 5 points 1 day ago

https://www.advocatemagazine.com/article/2022-november/health-insurance-bad-faith-for-prosthetic-denials

Some quick googling shows anthem and UHC (shocker) have been specific culprits with this, being the subject of legal action (Atzin, et al. v. Anthem, Inc., et al., Case No.: 2:17-cv-6816 ODW (PLAx) and Trujillo and Harden v. Unitedhealth Grp. Inc., et al., Case No. SACV 17-2547-JFW (KKx) (C.D. Cal. 2019)) regarding their denial of claims.

Helpful?

[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 3 days ago

"eh, a peg leg will do"

If you company is run like my rimworld coming, something is going very wrong

[–] SweetCitrusBuzz@beehaw.org 11 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Perhaps other things shouldn't be necessary like health insurance or the companies etc that exist just to screw people over. 😉

[–] aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 days ago

#LandOfTheFree murica!!!!!