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Pachamama

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21. Maybe if they lost limbs they would understand the need and importance of prosthetics?

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Tue Jan 7, 2025, 12:28 PM

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Health insurers limit coverage of prosthetic limbs, questioning their medical necessity [View all] BumRushDaShow Tuesday OP

And these CEOs wonder what precipitated the tragic murder of one of their own... hlthe2b Tuesday #1

+ riversedge Tuesday #10

I'll BUMP the hell out of that post........... Bengus81 Tuesday #13

Every last CEO running a company that takes AllyCat Tuesday #2

You want it to go away? OldBaldy1701E Tuesday #6

Wtf? Voltaire2 Tuesday #9

I don't have health insurance. OldBaldy1701E Tuesday #30

Insurance mamacita75 Tuesday #32

In many ways, it is exactly that. And, we let it keep on keeping on. (n/t) OldBaldy1701E 18 hrs ago #37

You want it to go away? AllyCat Tuesday #24

Well, my suggestion was less messy... OldBaldy1701E Tuesday #29

Mine makes a greater impression. AllyCat Tuesday #36

The greed is out of control. Joinfortmill Tuesday #3

Medical Necessary bmichaelh Tuesday #4

Bean counters practicing medicine...... Eff 'em with a cactus. lastlib Tuesday #5

Thus confirming health insurance does actually cost an arm and a leg ColinC Tuesday #7

The obvious answer is to rip the limbs off of a few executives Orrex Tuesday #8

Mario is coming... Prairie Gates Tuesday #19

Universal healthcare for all. Eliminate health insurance permanently. Internal and external review of program mechanics. Magoo48 Tuesday #11

⬆⬆⬆THIS⬆⬆⬆ Think. Again. Tuesday #27

The cruelty is the point. 2naSalit Tuesday #12

Yep sadly...as they laugh and clink their drink glasses together in a toast Bengus81 Tuesday #14

Years ago I had a friend whose daughter was born without an arm. milestogo Tuesday #15

OMG. AllyCat Tuesday #25

So, they wouldn't even consider the child's Ilsa Tuesday #28

Add to that - because its a growing child milestogo Tuesday #31

Business model is now openly " just pay us and shut the F up" Attilatheblond Tuesday #16

Then the people who made this new policy should have a limb removed. sakabatou Tuesday #17

Prosthetic limbs will hereinafter be called Vanity Limbs Prairie Gates Tuesday #18

Exactly mamacita75 Tuesday #33

If he hasn't already done so, Michael Adams needs to reach out to Colorado's Second Congressional District generalbetrayus Tuesday #20

Maybe if they lost limbs they would understand the need and importance of prosthetics? Pachamama Tuesday #21

Insurer: "As long as you can hop on one leg, sorry. Request denied." Vinca Tuesday #22

It's just a flesh wound JoseBalow Tuesday #23

SERIOUSLY? Jilly_in_VA Tuesday #26

Where's the investigation? CEOs should be dragged in and made to answer. IcyPeas Tuesday #34

My son lost a leg at 17 buzzycrumbhunger Tuesday #35