My grandfather owned an insurance agency in the city in which I grew up, and he explained to me all the ways that insurance companies could deny claims. I wish this brave surgeon well.
Doctors are basically “employees” insurance companies almost across the board. That said, I found the example that Dr. McCullough used to illustrate coverage denial very unfortunate. I was put under a lot of pressure to take Repatha shots, did my homework and concluded it was a dangerous drug with little long term safety data.
I wish this young surgeon was aware of the success that has been seen treating various cancers - including breast cancers - with ivermectin and high-dose IV Vitamin C, as well as with other anti-parasitic drugs such as fenbendazole. These are not merely anecdotal mentions, they are valid, verifiable procedures that have been successful with stage 4 cancers, often without surgery. A search of the Epoch Times newspaper online will provide sources of articles concerning these re-purposed drugs and their efficacy in actually curing some cancers.
Nothing personal about this doctor, but plastic surgeons do NOT accept insurance for most of their procedures. It is all cash. Insurance companies do not want to pay them for generally good reasons, i.e. you don't "need" breast augmentation or a nose job because it is not going to cure any illness. But it is always interesting to me that the same patient who whines and moans about a $20 or $40 copay can somehow afford $15,000+ for breast augmentation. I have seen patients on Medicaid pay for their plastic surgery. That's when I am reminded of an older friend's comment. Her and her husband owned a tavern in Chicago and she told me that during the Depression no tavern closed.
Did you happen to notice that this doctor was doing a breast cancer surgery/reconstruction? Did you think that is equivalent to breast augmentation? That it deserves less care and denial of basic care by the insurance company? Are you for real?
BTW, you must be special if you have had enough people "whining" to you about medical insurance copays that you can claim it is "always interesting to me" when they do that.
My grandfather owned an insurance agency in the city in which I grew up, and he explained to me all the ways that insurance companies could deny claims. I wish this brave surgeon well.
The unaffordable care act made things worse. Patient and provider autonomy were taken away.
Doctors are basically “employees” insurance companies almost across the board. That said, I found the example that Dr. McCullough used to illustrate coverage denial very unfortunate. I was put under a lot of pressure to take Repatha shots, did my homework and concluded it was a dangerous drug with little long term safety data.
I wish this young surgeon was aware of the success that has been seen treating various cancers - including breast cancers - with ivermectin and high-dose IV Vitamin C, as well as with other anti-parasitic drugs such as fenbendazole. These are not merely anecdotal mentions, they are valid, verifiable procedures that have been successful with stage 4 cancers, often without surgery. A search of the Epoch Times newspaper online will provide sources of articles concerning these re-purposed drugs and their efficacy in actually curing some cancers.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/health/cancer-patients-recover-by-taking-repurposed-anti-parasitic-drugs-5813009
https://www.theepochtimes.com/health/high-dose-vitamin-c-doubles-pancreatic-cancer-patient-survival-rates-clinical-trial-5763201
https://www.onedaymd.com/2024/07/stage-4-pancreatic-cancer-fenbendazole.html
https://rescue.substack.com/p/patient-zero-comes-back-from-stage?utm_source=publication-search
Nothing personal about this doctor, but plastic surgeons do NOT accept insurance for most of their procedures. It is all cash. Insurance companies do not want to pay them for generally good reasons, i.e. you don't "need" breast augmentation or a nose job because it is not going to cure any illness. But it is always interesting to me that the same patient who whines and moans about a $20 or $40 copay can somehow afford $15,000+ for breast augmentation. I have seen patients on Medicaid pay for their plastic surgery. That's when I am reminded of an older friend's comment. Her and her husband owned a tavern in Chicago and she told me that during the Depression no tavern closed.
Did you happen to notice that this doctor was doing a breast cancer surgery/reconstruction? Did you think that is equivalent to breast augmentation? That it deserves less care and denial of basic care by the insurance company? Are you for real?
BTW, you must be special if you have had enough people "whining" to you about medical insurance copays that you can claim it is "always interesting to me" when they do that.