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

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[-] UID_Zero@infosec.pub 59 points 4 days ago

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

[-] jherazob@beehaw.org 2 points 3 days ago

And now the upcoming administration wants to privatize even MORE shit

[-] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 14 points 3 days ago

Doubling down, are we?

[-] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 34 points 4 days ago

"Limbs aren’t necessary."

Brian Thompson, probably.

[-] Vodulas@beehaw.org 23 points 4 days ago

I mean, he doesn't need them anymore

[-] Steve@communick.news 32 points 4 days ago

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

[-] Midnitte@beehaw.org 25 points 4 days ago

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

[-] LadyMeow@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 4 days ago

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

[-] millie@beehaw.org 12 points 4 days ago

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

[-] 0x0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 4 days ago

Which insurers? I truly cannot find this in the article

[-] Quexotic@beehaw.org 6 points 2 days ago

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

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 4 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 4 days ago* (last edited 4 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 4 days ago

#LandOfTheFree murica!!!!!

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