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ck4829

(36,085 posts)
Tue Feb 21, 2023, 09:46 AM Feb 2023

Doctor reveals insurance companies want you to 'die as quickly as possible'

One doctor has gone viral on TikTok after revealing the ugly truth that most health insurance companies allegedly want you to “die as quickly as possible.”

Glaucomflecken lists off several insurance companies including United Healthcare, Aetna, Cigna and Blue cross as the main guilty ones.

“They want to extract as much money as possible from your healthy body,” continued the doctor. “Then when you’re no longer healthy, they want you to die as quickly as possible, to make room for other money-producing bodies so…have a great day.”

Dr. Glaucomflecken’s comments come as health insurance companies raked in a massive profit during the COVID-19 pandemic which cause policy prices to soar drastically.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/doctor-reveals-insurance-companies-want-you-to-die-as-quickly-as-possible/ar-AA17Ggeq

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bucolic_frolic

(47,309 posts)
3. Is anyone surprised?
Tue Feb 21, 2023, 10:00 AM
Feb 2023

Insurance of anything is a money-making enterprise. Began with Lloyd's of London. You pay insurers to take the risk, and they rake in profits off making you sleep well. It's not always a bad deal. Most of us don't have the financial capacity to underwrite our own medical payments even in healthy periods. But still, in the aggregate it's about money.

Auggie

(31,845 posts)
9. LOL
Tue Feb 21, 2023, 05:49 PM
Feb 2023

I remember my Dad entering the hospital with a head injury.

He left with a pacemaker.

They upsold him.

mitch96

(14,712 posts)
10. That's for sure. You go in for one thing...which they ignore and go off treating "someting"
Tue Feb 21, 2023, 08:29 PM
Feb 2023

they saw. Maybe it's a good thing but sometimes it's just chasing wild gooses to make a few bucks.. It's a business after all.. No income, no fancy tech we all love.. uff..
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ProfessorPlum

(11,385 posts)
6. I don't think they care if you die or live, as long as they can weasel out of paying
Tue Feb 21, 2023, 02:48 PM
Feb 2023

for your care. We had a very bad insurance experience with United Healthcare, in which on paper it looked like they covered things, but in practice they slow-walked and nickel-and-dimed and denied for no reason and flimflammed and bamboozled and just generally didn't pay for much of anything. We would have gone bankrupt with them as our insurers.

was able to convince my employer to get on a better plan, but I can see how people go under with this coverage. And it makes my blood boil to see that UHC stock is going up and their profits are soaring, because I know exactly how and why they do it.

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