Health insurance is one of those things where when someone explains the mechanisms of it perfectly, all you can think is “but that’s so fucked up, on a fundamental level” - ThreadSky

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patrickwyman.bsky.social • 83 days ago

Health insurance is one of those things where when someone explains the mechanisms of it perfectly, all you can think is “but that’s so fucked up, on a fundamental level”

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kidnate.bsky.social•83 days ago

They're here to prevent "unnecessary care"

evan-newman.bsky.social•82 days ago

Unfortunately that is a problem.

There’s a built-in incentive in the healthcare system for providers to perform unnecessary tests/procedures (and prescribe unnecessary medications); in order to increase the bills providers submit to patients/insurance companies.
https://www.propublica.org/article/unnecessary-medical-care-is-more-common-than-you-think

wietse111.bsky.social•83 days ago

The concept of health insurance is fine right? If regulated well enough, it's really good even!

mattbellviolinist.bsky.social•82 days ago

No.

anadromy.bsky.social•83 days ago

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mattbellviolinist.bsky.social•82 days ago

So your boss pays the smallest possible amount to a company who uses people you’ve never met to decide if you get healthcare. And the more this company says “no”, the more money they get.

Neither you nor your doctor have any say in any of this.