After the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, Dr. Elisabeth Potter shared a harrowing experience with the company's profit-driven practices. Forced to interrupt a surgery for insurance approval, she highlighted the dangerous impact of prioritizing profits over patient care. #HealthcareHorrorStories
No, that’s fucking delusional. The correct answer is that they know what the doctor did risked a patient’s life and/or complicated their surgery, and they don’t want to be in any way able to be received as liable.
“Of course we wouldn’t force a doctor to leave surgery, that’s ridiculous.” Is covering their asses from lawsuit, plain and simple. If they said “oh we are sorry for the confusion” or “we are glad that the doctor took the time to resolve the issues asap, that’s great patient care” they would be immediately eviscerated in the courts.
Their only course of action is to respond as through they’re unaware of the culture of fear they’ve created (and, tbh, they might actually fucking be unaware). This response is legal & PR 101 and regardless of their actual evil deeds is pretty much the only sane way for them to respond.
To even doubt that they’re aware would be a huge misstep.
Being aware of it and creating this problem is their bottom line. That’s how they steal money from their customers and leave them with crippling debt or without medical care for profit.