re: A Doctor at Cigna Said Her Bosses Pressured Her to Review Patients’ Cases Too Quickly.

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It's not denying treatment, only coverage. A patient always has the option to receive and pay for treatment that insurance doesnt cover.

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Dependency comes at a price. It's not "free". It's their money, and they get to decide how it gets spent. Why is anyone surprised?

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People need to take some of the power back from big business and big government (which is even worse).

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Right now, we are at the mercy of both. Insurers are driven by profits, since they are businesses. But, these businesses get a lot of their revenue from the government, via partnerships with Medicare and Medicaid. When the govt says jump, they have no choice (ex., Covid mandates.) Same with hospitals and most large medical practices, which are either affiliated with major hospitals, get the majority of their revenue from Medicare and Medicaid plans, or both. We don’t have a true free market healthcare system. If we did, costs would be lower and more people would be able to afford to pay out of pocket, since costs would not be inflated. So basically, our health care is being decided by both. The government and corporate profits. Those of us who pay for private insurance are paying our premiums, our out-of-pocket costs, and for all of the medical care received by the millions who pay nothing for theirs plus the salaries of all the bureaucrats who administer the programs. We are paying the salaries of the Filipino nurses who make the decisions, too, and those salaries are being spent in the Philippines to boost their economy.

These managed care programs suck. Even worse are the managed Medicare programs that fraudulently enroll the elderly in. Their coverage for speech occupational and physical therapy is pure shite