• Mortoc@lemmy.world
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    “No employees — be they the people who answer customer calls or nurses who visit patients in their homes — should have to fear for their and their loved ones’ safety,” Witty wrote.

    There’s something we can all agree on. Executive fear though…

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      No insurance customer should have to fear dying because their medically necessary procedures are denied. Of all the things wrong with Healthcare, prior authorization should be target number 1 for legislators. It should be 100% illegal for insurance companies to require pre-authorization.

      If a doctor regularly prescribes unnecessary treatments or medication, let the proper ayluthorities investigate and pull their credentials, if necessary. Don’t kill thousands of people to save a buck and say it’s to protect them from unnecessary procedures.

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      They should be exactly as uncertain of their survival as the people that they’re deciding claims on.

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      They shouldn’t have to fear for their safety either, they should just do right by their customers and it wouldn’t be a problem.