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'Out of control': Cancer surgeon claims UnitedHealthcare questioned her mid-procedure (www.rawstory.com)

submitted 8 months ago by pelespirit@sh.itjust.works to c/usa@midwest.social

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A breast cancer surgeon had to "scrub out mid-surgery" to call a UnitedHealthcare representative because the insurance giant questioned whether the procedure she was in the middle of performing was really necessary.

Dr. Elisabeth Potter posted her story to Instagram this week, and the post has gotten more than 221,000 likes.

Still wearing her scrub cap, Dr. Potter began her video saying, "It’s 2025, and navigating insurance has somehow just gotten worse."

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[–] niva@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 8 months ago (2 children)

At the very least there should be a law, forcing any health insurance to at least cover all costs needed to insure survival and long term health. And what is needed for survival and long term health is defined by the Doctor and not by the insurance company!!! Honestly, no idea why this is not law in any rich country in 2025!

[–] CharmOffensive@lemm.ee 3 points 8 months ago

All the other rich countries in 2025 just have free healthcare and don't need that law.

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[–] uis@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago

You guys need other kind of UHC.

If you need experts, most of them are members of post-soviet communist partues and know how to build Semashko system.

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