UnitedHealth overcharged cancer patients for drugs by over 1k%
The report is the latest indictment of America’s broken healthcare system.
Who the fuck decided to write "1k%"? It looks like a dyslexic variable.
Get me some of them long kibibytes
Being this evil takes effort.
Uh...what? Why is the insurance company billing the patient for medication?
Insurance picks up the tab for the meds at the pharmacy, and the patient pays the difference between that and the full cost.
It's probably just an American thing.
The hospital overcharges, because the think the insurance will cover it and the insurer passes the cost on to the customer.
Something like that. I'm not an expert on this, but I know it's possible.
paywalled
That's deeply upsetting, someone should speak with brian thompson about this!