Do you think medical insurance is a money-making scheme?

US medical insurance, the ultimate magic show! It's like they play hide and seek with coverage, offer deductibles taller than NBA players, and speak in insurance jargon that's harder to crack than secret codes.

But here's the real kicker: Prior authorization denials are their favorite disappearing act! "Poof! Denied!" Then, "Abracadabra! Approved!" Just when you thought you needed a PhD in insuranceology, they surprise you. It's a wild ride, folks!

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SW-User

of course it is... we're paying out enough to make doctors, hospitals, and ins co.s rich as hell, but getting less and less care for our dollar. there are big time lobbyist making sure health care stays a scheme in the U.S.

OldBrit · 61-69, M

@SW-User in the UK we'll follow you. The govt has repeatedly said we'll get a trade deal with the USA after brexit. Everyone knows to get that deal the USA is insisting we open healthcare sector to competition ie the same as your system. So they are running our nhs into the ground so people think it's a solution to that problem.

SW-User

@OldBrit that's a shame, and i do mean a real shame, how they use manipulation to reach their end goal. you will see people lose everything over major illnesses. i've just been watching [i]Call The Midwife[/i] and how the NHS changed the lives of the suffering poor and improved conditions for the entire nation. the greed of the U.S. is like a cancer metastasizing across the ocean.

OldBrit · 61-69, M

@SW-User that's filmed in my home town in the old dockyard where many of my family worked

SW-User

@OldBrit ah, cool. now i won't be able to watch without thinking of you. it's a really great show, although i miss Jessica Raine since she left.