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When I first saw this, I thought, "This is the horrible sort of low-end treatment our healthcare system is bringing us to - where we get surgery at the mall." And now I think, "No, we're not headed in a direction that's this nice."
https://www.okdoomer.io/the-system-isnt-designed-to-help-you/
I'm irritated that some social media systems (not Diaspora) have made it nearly impossible to share good articles. But that's irrelevant to the fact that this is great and super informative.
The System Isn’t Designed to Help You • https://www.okdoomer.io/the-system-isnt-designed-to-help-you/
#fire #insurance #disaster #fema #california #consumer #law
The System Isn’t Designed to Help You
If climate change doesn't kill you, it will bankrupt you.Tony Dunn (OK Doomer)
In what is already one of the most expensive states in the US, the #climate emergency is driving up the cost of living. Extreme #weather, #drought and drastic swings in temperature, all fueled by global heating, are affecting utility costs and #insurance premiums, exacerbating housing shortages and causing food prices to go up.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/21/climate-crisis-cost-of-living-energy-water-california #climatechange
‘We can’t escape’: climate crisis is driving up cost of living in the US west
Extreme weather, fueled by global heating, is affecting energy, water, insurance premiums and food and housing costsMaanvi Singh (The Guardian)
😡 Why do I have to spend hours of my time getting them to fix it every single time? How many people don't pay attention to know that they're getting screwed, too?
🤑 Monopolies are out of control in the US.
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After a college student finally found a treatment for his ulcerative colitis that worked, the insurance giant decided it wouldn’t pay for the costly drugs.
His fight to finally get coverage exposed the insurer’s hidden procedures for rejecting claims.
#Insurance #UnitedHealthcare #Health #Healthcare #DenialOfCare
https://www.propublica.org/article/unitedhealth-healthcare-insurance-denial-ulcerative-colitis?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
Inside UnitedHealth’s Effort to Deny Coverage for a Patient’s Care
After a college student finally found a treatment that worked, the insurance giant decided it wouldn’t pay for the costly drugs. His fight to get coverage exposed the insurer’s hidden procedures for rejecting claims.ProPublica
