r/fuckinsurance • u/Failed_squid • Feb 01 '25

Victim Impact UnitedHealth Is Strategically Limiting Access to Critical Treatment for Kids With Autism (ProPublica)

https://www.propublica.org/article/unitedhealthcare-insurance-autism-denials-applied-behavior-analysis-medicaid

Completely inhuman

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u/Truck_Rollin Feb 01 '25

For profit healthcare is insanity, the whole system is setup for hospitals to charge as much as they can possibly get away with followed by insurance companies figuring out how to pay as little as possible. Leaving the people in their most desperate of times with the largest bills possible.

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u/Uthallan Feb 01 '25

It's time to strategically limit the healthcare of the rich!

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u/Cytotoxic-CD8-Tcell Feb 01 '25

The design is very human.

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u/vespertine_glow Feb 01 '25

Legalized crime for profit. How far we've sunk...