• shitescalates@midwest.social
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    8 months ago

    I went through the same thing on my knee. 3 pointless appointments and two months to get to the MRI, that should have been the first step.

    How can they be saving money by adding extra steps to my diagnosis? It’s not just the insurance companies that are the problem. Medical providers have their own schemes to milk the insurance for more money.

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      8 months ago

      How can they be saving money by adding extra steps to my diagnosis?

      They kinda save money when people give up on getting care at all. Insurance companies should have no input in any diagnosis.

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        8 months ago

        So providers price MRI sky high, to encourage the insurance company to put us through all these hoops. The whole system is broken.