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Rheumatology Team| Satire

St. Louis, MO Katılım Ocak 2020
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ArthritisCenterSTL@ArthritisSTL·
Thoughts @UHC make this make sense.
The Doc@real_dr_mudgil

Yup! The fundamental issue is the Obamacare subsidies are a total scam. Think about it. They create the illusion of a reduced premium on the front end and @UHC, @Cigna, @Aetna, or @AnthemBCBS get paid off on the backend to make up the difference in cost using our tax payer dollars! Meanwhile, these vile companies serve up plans that have $10,000 deductibles, betting on the premise that the folks they “insure” will seldom ever meet that threshold. That way, these spineless insurance companies rarely ever have to shell out even a penny for patient care! It all falls back on the patient! So the insurers are eating twice - the “insured” pays their monthly premium AND “we the people” pay the balance owed with our tax payer dollars, AND, via their diabolical deductible scheme, they essentially keep all that moolah for themselves! What a racket! That’s Obamacare, folks! It made health care more expensive. It made health care less accessible. It used our tax payer dollars to make private health insurers rich, filthy rich. More of this bullsh*t is not the answer; it never was.

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ArthritisCenterSTL@ArthritisSTL·
#UHC United Health Cartel wins, taxpayers, patients, physicians & pharmds lose. @askUHC
The Doc@real_dr_mudgil

So you’re saying we’re wiring @UHC et al $23,760 (funded by our tax payer dollars) who in turn will offer this Minnesota family a plan that costs them $7224/year and has a $9,000 deductible. Chances are, they’ve never even come close to hitting that deductible, but may hit $5000 of it. So, they’re paying $12,224 out of their own pocket for an insurance plan that paid zero of their health care expenses, while @UHC made a total of $30,984 for doing absolutely nothing and paying out $0 in claims. And that’s just one family! Multiply that by millions and you’ll see why @UHC et al are more profitable than ever. Obamacare has been an absolute boon for insurers, but done NOTHING to make healthcare more affordable. Makes perfect sense. 🤯 @SpeakerJohnson @mtgreenee @TheDemocrats @GOP

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ArthritisCenterSTL@ArthritisSTL·
@RepChipRoy 2 Bad Congress gave all the power 2 middlemen insurance companies United Health Cartel, Cigna, Aetna and the thugs at Anthem. Get rid of middlemen. Direct pay 2 the folks doing the actual work. Congress is the problem NOT the solution.
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Rep. Chip Roy Press Office@RepChipRoy·
The average family of four is paying $25,000 a year between their employer and themselves to get an insurance product where they tell them that they can't go to a certain doctor, can't get coverage, and can't get care. That's not coverage. We need #HealthcareFreedom.
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Elizabeth R. EA
Elizabeth R. EA@Eligabiff·
Received my small business health insurance quotes today. Premiums went up 55% for 2026.
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Adam Rossi
Adam Rossi@rossiadam·
Anthem healthcare plan for my company just came in at a 20.01% increase. I feel like they could have put some lipstick on this pig by keeping it at a 19.99% increase in premiums. But no. Honestly impressed at what a power move this is. “Serve em the dogfood, they’ll eat it.”
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Real Doc Speaks
Real Doc Speaks@realdocspeaks·
wsj.com/opinion/the-ca… This letter to the editor of the WSJ wins the hutzpah award this week. David Merritt of the BCBS Association is the author and claims that it is a health market when 40% of those with fully subsidized plans had ZERO claims in 2024. Logically, that means the patients can't afford to use the plans, or maybe they didn't even know they were signed up for the plans. The best part is that David Merritt is the SVP of policy and advocacy for a notprofit middlemen of a nonprofit middleman. He earns over $600K and is the 13th highest compensated employee. Kim Keck is the CEO and receives over $4 million for her nonprofit efforts. Kim is joined by five others, making in excess of $1 million! In 2021, Scott P Serota took home $19,779,370 as the CEO! The BCBS Association is a trade association! Why does a trade association deserve to be a nonprofit, and why does BCBS, a health insurer, deserve nonprofit status? This is where the ACA tax subsidies are really going, and it has nothing to do with patients. We need to return to physician led healthcare and empower patients to control their healthcare dollars and not the large insurance companies! @physicianhosp @DutchRojas @anish_koka @DrDiGiorgio @mass_marion @sonodoc99 @NanHayworth @BCBSAssociation
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Real Doc Speaks
Real Doc Speaks@realdocspeaks·
@ArthritisSTL We need to return the role of insurance companies to the pre 1973 HMO Act days. We need catastrophic coverage only for medical issues that are rare and expensive. We need patients to pay for all other care through an expanded HSA.
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Adam J. Fein
Adam J. Fein@DrugChannels·
Thanks, IRA! @ElevanceHealth is exiting the standalone Part D (#PDP) market. When the Inflation Reduction Act #IRA passed, I warned it would trigger the collapse of the PDP market. Sadly, my prediction is now coming true. Seniors with traditional Medicare will be facing fewer choices and more disruption. Legislate in haste, repent at leisure. drugch.nl/41BuiyN
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ArthritisCenterSTL@ArthritisSTL·
#LasVegas Vegas is awful. We pay $50 per day per person up-charge at our expensive hotel and then all the pool chairs have signs that say ‘Rent Me’.
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