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Blue Cross and Blue Shield denied payment for the proton therapy Robert “Skeeter” Salim’s doctor ordered to fight his throat cancer. But he was no ordinary patient. He was a celebrated litigator. And he was ready to fight.
They kinda save money when people give up on getting care at all. Insurance companies should have no input in any diagnosis.
So providers price MRI sky high, to encourage the insurance company to put us through all these hoops. The whole system is broken.