United Healthcare CEO shot and killed | 1st Degree murder charges ordered dropped

UNCatTech said:
Maybe they should have taken that step back long ago. Outrage for healthcare cost isn't the flavor of the month, it has been building as long as I can remember.
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As someone in the insurance industry, but not health insurance, I think insurance companies take almost all of the criticism for the cost of medical care some of which they deserve but they are a shield for health providers. They aren't the reason your ER bill is 80k.
 
dcphx said:
As someone in the insurance industry, but not health insurance, I think insurance companies take almost all of the criticism for the cost of medical care some of which they deserve but they are a shield for health providers. They aren't the reason your ER bill is 80k.
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I've never said that it is only the insurance companies. The whole system has room for improvement.

But I do have plenty of bad personal experiences with United Healthcare specifically.
 
dcphx said:
As someone in the insurance industry, but not health insurance, I think insurance companies take almost all of the criticism for the cost of medical care some of which they deserve but they are a shield for health providers. They aren't the reason your ER bill is 80k.
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True. For my annual physical this year, between what insurance claimed to have paid and what I paid it was comfortably over $1000 for a 15 minute wellness visit.
 
“Health insurance companies are also reassessing the risks for their top executives after the murder. Some have removed photos of their leadership teams from their websites and are considering whether and how to increase security measures.”

We removed the pictures of our executives because, frankly, our customers may try to kill them.
 
1moretimeagain said:
True. For my annual physical this year, between what insurance claimed to have paid and what I paid it was comfortably over $1000 for a 15 minute wellness visit.
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Wow, that sucks.

My insurance covers what they call preventative visits, which include annual physical and blood work.

But somehow there's always some test during the physical that isn't covered, and they stopped giving me the cough test, that was half the fun. I have an HSA, so I pay 100% for the first $4000, before co-insurance kicks in.

I went to a rheumatologist last year, $500 for additional blood work, 5-minute talk and a guess at some medicine. If it didn't work, I could come back and let her guess again. No thanks.

I'm actually very happy with my health insurance now. I'm also happy that my daughters are doing well, and I haven't hit my max out of pocket in a few years.
 
UNCatTech said:
Wow, that sucks.

My insurance covers what they call preventative visits, which include annual physical and blood work.

But somehow there's always some test during the physical that isn't covered, and they stopped giving me the cough test, that was half the fun. I have an HSA, so I pay 100% for the first $4000, before co-insurance kicks in.

I went to a rheumatologist last year, $500 for additional blood work, 5-minute talk and a guess at some medicine. If it didn't work, I could come back and let her guess again. No thanks.

I'm actually very happy with my health insurance now. I'm also happy that my daughters are doing well, and I haven't hit my max out of pocket in a few years.
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Same. My insurance paid for the annual physical. IIRC they claim to have paid around $1200. My out of pocket was about $200 for lab work. Of course the explanation of benefits isn’t clear enough to figure out what lab work they covered. They must assume their customers know medical codes.
 
So far Medicare been very very good to me . I do have the "retired State Employee Humana Prescription thing " going
 
mpaer said:
So far Medicare been very very good to me. I do have the "retired State Employee Humana Prescription thing " going
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I generally agree with your sentiment. My Medicare Advantage provider, Aetna, is owned by the place I get my prescriptions filled, CVS. The only prescription (Xarelto, one of six I take) I actually have an out-of-pocket cost for is on the list to those that Medicare has recently been given permission to negotiate a lower price on. But even now, my weekly cost for Xarelto is only a little more than a single visit to TCBY.
 
Link:

Thought the title for this piece was insightful "Fan Club for Suspected Shooter Is a Symptom of Burn-It-All-Down Populism" Some interesting commentary in the piece, but really just admiring the title.
 
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