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> It is when the care is necessary

So when the insurance denies coverage, and so the doctors don't work for free on the case, and the patient dies, are the doctors perpetrating violence too?




> are the doctors perpetrating violence too?

No, the politicians who insist on keeping this medieval practice in place are.


In your contrarian urge to defend some of the worst of the status quo, you forget the insurance company's whole role is to pay for medical care.

I suggest you read up on this. IIRC, it was UHG's practice to deny claims indiscriminately to increase the personal burden of accessing medical care. Because, you know, if people pay their premiums to the company but it doesn't pay out, it makes lots more money for the shareholders.

It's weird how you seem to consistently elide motivations even when extremely relevant.


An insurance company's "role" is to distribute risk, not to "pay for medical care" without question. The perversion of what constitutes "insurance" in the US medical industry is the fault of our legal system and tax code, and the insane cost of medical care (which is ultimately the root cause of most of these problems) is down to the medical cartel (also legally enforced).


> The perversion of what constitutes "insurance" in the US medical industry is the fault of our legal system and tax code

The ACA's public option was killed by a Senator who had a lot Health Insurance industry backing and support.




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