Hacker News with Generative AI: Health Insurance

UnitedHealth's Playbook for Limiting Mental Health Coverage (propublica.org)
For years, it was a mystery: Seemingly out of the blue, therapists would feel like they’d tripped some invisible wire and become a target of UnitedHealth Group.
Health Insurance, Mental Health, UnitedHealth Group
15 points by hn_acker 3 days ago | 1 comments
The Company Helping America's Health Insurers Deny Coverage for Care (propublica.org)
Every day, patients across America crack open envelopes with bad news. Yet another health insurer has decided not to pay for a treatment that their doctor has recommended. Sometimes it’s a no for an MRI for a high school wrestler with a strained back. Sometimes for a cancer procedure that will help a grandmother with a throat tumor. Sometimes for a heart scan for a truck driver feeling short of breath.
Healthcare, Insurance, Health Insurance, United States
70 points by dopylitty 31 days ago | 30 comments
How a Customer Got Trapped in Ambetter's Ghost Network (propublica.org)
Ravi Coutinho bought a health insurance plan thinking it would deliver on its promise of access to mental health providers. But even after 21 phone calls and multiple hospitalizations, no one could find him a therapist.
Health Insurance, Mental Health, Healthcare Access, Patient Experiences
89 points by howard941 76 days ago | 41 comments