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Damian Caraballo MD0

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#BAFERDLife in the ED. Med education, Health policy, sports, Florida man. Views my own. “Healthcare” should be two words & run by people who see patients.

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Dec 5, 2024
If you want to see why people are so vicious towards United Healthcare right now, let's do a thread on some of the most egregious health insurer behaviors 🧵
SummaryUnited Healthcare, the 8th largest company globally with $389B in revenue, has a documented history of denying 32% of claims (highest among insurers), operating a known-faulty AI denial system with a 90% error rate, and defrauding the federal government of $3.2B. Since the ACA, health insurer stock prices have surged over 800% while out-of-pocket costs for Americans have skyrocketed 67%, contributing to 80% of medical bankruptcies occurring among the insured.11 tweets1 min read