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Minnesota

leftieNanner

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1. Just because it might be "legal"

Reply to question everything (Original post)

Sat Sep 14, 2019, 01:52 PM

Sep 2019

Doesn't mean it's right.

These vultures are going to drive themselves out of business, ultimately. There are some limits to procedures that are approved by Medicare, but they don't have a profit motive in this. And they don't deny medically necessary doctors' orders.

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Blue Cross denied Kelly Doran a scan during his recovery from lung cancer. So he switched his 250 em [View all] question everything Sep 2019 OP

Just because it might be "legal" leftieNanner Sep 2019 #1

Those The Bopper Sep 2019 #6

"More gold" is what it's all about! Grokenstein Sep 2019 #14

k&r Demovictory9 Sep 2019 #2

they profit by denying people medical care Skittles Sep 2019 #3

The interesting thing is Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Minnesota is not for profit dflprincess Sep 2019 #17

Good. The Doran company is huge here. They build damn near everything. The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2019 #4

This happened to me three times this year FreeState Sep 2019 #5

We have Kaiser. It's the best medical coverage and services I've ever had my whole life. TeamPooka Sep 2019 #7

That'll be twenty dollars! SCVDem Sep 2019 #10

I would be truly be interested in the reason for denying a mammogram irisblue Sep 2019 #8

For profit health care, for profit prisons.. humanity impossible mountain grammy Sep 2019 #9

And the blue is supposed to be non-profit. question everything Sep 2019 #16

"prior-authorization process" mountain grammy Sep 2019 #19

"Blue Cross now uses an outside, for-profit company, Evicore, to manage its prior-authorization pangaia Sep 2019 #11

Thank goodness Leith Sep 2019 #12

BCBS is a scam organisation JPK Sep 2019 #13

The company has been doing that crap for + 20 years, that I know of. n/t dixiegrrrrl Sep 2019 #15

Let's all remember this story when we hear someone say they don't want the gub'mint telling their dflprincess Sep 2019 #18