***Official Political Discussion Thread***

[nonnative]

As someone who works in Healthcare and for one of the companies listed, that chart can be a bit misleading. Claims mostly get denied for things like a provider billing error in which the provider often times is asked to rebill. In cases when a service is denied because it's not covered by cms, or the states Medicaid programs, contracted providers are not to bill the patient per their contract with the healthplan. They are supposed to "eat" that loss. Unfortunately, a lot of members don't know this information and don't report this to their Healthcare provider that they have been billed.
Btw.. I am in no way defending greedy Healthcare organizations.

Appreciate the insight but that still doesn't change the fact that uniteds rate is so much higher. You have to assume that across the board, the amount of billing errors or programs denied by state programs should be a more or less evenly distributed. So if United is denying at a much higher rate than most others, it's because there's something in their process or philosophy that's causing their rejection rate to be so high.

 

[pmatic]

 

[Public Enemy]

Additional source

 

[Public Enemy]

That is crazy. Going to be a trip to see who uses this for what purposes.

 

[pmatic]

 

[Public Enemy]

 

[pmatic]

 

[Public Enemy]

Oh they might find this guy after all

 

[Based Jesus]

Looks like Joe Rogan to me. Clear false flag operation designed to infringe on my 2A rights

 

[mplsdunk]

nypd is probably just putting up pics of whoever so they look like they are trying.

 

[Public Enemy]

 

[superblytrife]

Ol’ Brian O’Conner back from the dead lookin *** boi

 

[gry60]

Brian Thompson: Who is UnitedHealth CEO shot dead in New York?

Police are still searching for the suspect who shot dead the UnitedHealth CEO in Manhattan on Wednesday.

www.bbc.com

The company is also facing legal action over its proposed takeover of a rival healthcare company.

UnitedHealth offered to buy Amedisys, a provider of home healthcare and hospice services, for $3.3bn (£2.6bn).

But on 12 November, the justice department sued to stop the merger, alleging it would eliminate competition and “harm patients who receive home health and hospice services, insurers who contract for home health services, and nurses who provide home health and hospice services”.

UnitedHealth responded that the merger would be "pro-competitive and further innovation, leading to improved patient outcomes and greater access to quality care". It described the justice department suit as an "overreaching interpretation of the antitrust laws".

Under President Joe Biden's administration, the justice department has stepped up its enforcement of US antitrust laws, which aim to prevent industrial monopolies and encourage competition between companies

 

[gry60]

Suddenly, Trump’s Ugliest Threats Are Facing Surprise GOP Resistance

One of Trump’s central campaign claims was that green energy and immigration pose a massive threat to American workers. But now it seems local Republicans think otherwise.

newrepublic.com

There are still nearly two months to go before Donald Trump assumes the presidency again, but Republicans or GOP-adjacent industries have already begun to admit out loud that some of his most important policy promises could prove disastrous in their parts of the country.

In Georgia, for instance, some local Republicans are openly worried about Trump’s threat to roll back President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act. The IRA is pouring hundreds of billions of dollars into incentives for the manufacture and purchase of green energy technologies, from electric vehicles to batteries to solar power. Trump endlessly derided this as the “green new scam” and pledged to repeal all uncommitted funds.

But now The New York Times reports that Trump supporters like state Representative Beth Camp fear that repeal could destroy jobs related to new investments in green manufacturing plants in the state. Camp worries that this could leave factories in Georgia “sitting empty.”

Something similar is also already happening with Trump’s threat to deport millions of undocumented immigrants. Reuters reports that agriculture interests, which are heavily concentrated in GOP areas, are urging the incoming Trump administration to refrain from removing untold numbers of migrants working throughout the food supply chain, including in farming, dairy, and meatpacking.

Notably, GOP Representative John Duarte, who just lost his seat in the elections, explicitly tells Reuters that farming interests in his California district depend on undocumented immigrants—and that Trump should exempt many from removal. Duarte and industry representatives want more avenues created for migrants to work here legally—the precise opposite of what Trump promised.

These GOPers are clowns. What's the point of winning if you won't like your reward?

 

[osh kosh bosh]

NGL the jokes are funny.

but I still contend murdering a CEO you don't like is bad.

 

[Based Jesus]

The shooter was a sensible moderate responding to the will of the american people. Killing healthcare CEOs polls well.

 

[aepps20]

Had some AND TODAY AND I FEEL AMERICAN LFG

 

[mplsdunk]

Imagine if regular people went around acting like him.

Playing with people’s health, extorting them

“surprise you owe me 500k”

“Why?”

“Idk lol just pay”

 

[Public Enemy]

 

[gry60]

Imagine if regular people went around acting like him.

Playing with people’s health, extorting them

“surprise you owe me 500k”

“Why?”

“Idk lol just pay”

Oh, you mean robbery?

 

[Public Enemy]

 

[Brownstone]

Lol, good luck with that. And all those voters in your state that voted for the Don

 

[moonman818]

Oh they might find this guy after all

Bro that's Nev from the Catfish show

 

[ballinsam23]

What an idiot to take off his mask that day. These criminals usually mess up somewhere.

 

[mplsdunk]

Oh, you mean robbery?

No dude, its different he’s a CEO