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'Out of control': Cancer surgeon claims UnitedHealthcare questioned her mid-procedure (www.rawstory.com)

submitted 4 months ago by pelespirit@sh.itjust.works to c/usa@midwest.social

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A breast cancer surgeon had to "scrub out mid-surgery" to call a UnitedHealthcare representative because the insurance giant questioned whether the procedure she was in the middle of performing was really necessary.

Dr. Elisabeth Potter posted her story to Instagram this week, and the post has gotten more than 221,000 likes.

Still wearing her scrub cap, Dr. Potter began her video saying, "It’s 2025, and navigating insurance has somehow just gotten worse."

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[–] skeezix@lemmy.world 51 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Well, you assholes voted in trump and the republican cabal so dont expect any change soon.

[–] LifeOfChance@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

Remind me again when this shit started happening? Not like it was being prevented before Trump or Biden or Obama or Bush. Honestly I could go back pretty far. Nobody is stopping these companies from doing what they're doing it's not gonna change.

Fuck trump because we all know what's gonna happen but in this specific situation nobody will do anything even if Biden or Harris were running the show.

[–] TimboSlice@discuss.online 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Yeah, it's hilarious. Most of the surgeons I work with voted for Trump...

[–] chaogomu@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Drive by doctors who would not be able to do that shit under single payer.

[–] MutilationWave@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Are any of them not assholes? Are any of them not rich? Every surgeon I've met is a rich asshole. Rich people voted trump, assholes voted trump.

[–] TimboSlice@discuss.online 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, you got it. There are a rare few that aren't total douchebags.

[–] MutilationWave@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I'd love to hear more about the decent ones. Because my perception is so skewed to think every surgeon is an asshole. I had one of the dumbest conversations of my professional life with one if you'd like.

[–] TimboSlice@discuss.online 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Typically, the really chill surgeons are younger.

[–] MutilationWave@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

So the ones who still have a connection to real people because they have massive debt?

[–] TimboSlice@discuss.online 2 points 4 months ago

There are a variety of reasons. Something related to the work, however, is the change in culture with residents and attendings.