https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna182611

https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2024/12/18/unitedhealthcare-ceo-killing-why-health-insurance-upsets-americans.html

Hello!

This sub hasnt been active in a while but i figured there may be some more than normal talk about healthcare going on!

Please feel free to share resources, stories, or ask questions!

There are lots of new members! If you’re new to the community, introduce yourself! Feel free to explain why you joined and what you think is wrong with the healthcare system, and anything else you would like to add.

There are lots of new members! If you’re new to the community, introduce yourself! Feel free to explain why you joined and what you think is wrong with the healthcare system, and anything else you would like to add.

There are lots of new members! If you’re new to the community, introduce yourself! Feel free to explain why you joined and what you think is wrong with the healthcare system, and anything else you would like to add.

There are lots of new members! If you’re new to the community, introduce yourself! Feel free to explain why you joined and what you think is wrong with the healthcare system, and anything else you would like to add.

There are lots of new members! If you’re new to the community, introduce yourself! Feel free to explain why you joined and what you think is wrong with the healthcare system, and anything else you would like to add.

There are lots of new members! If you’re new to the community, introduce yourself! Feel free to explain why you joined and what you think is wrong with the healthcare system, and anything else you would like to add.

There are lots of new members! If you’re new to the community, introduce yourself! Feel free to explain why you joined and what you think is wrong with the healthcare system, and anything else you would like to add.

I freelance for a really big media company and weirdly they pay for part of my health care, which is great because if I had to pay 100% out of pocket for it on my own, it would cost me around $5000 a year. But back to the story. Because this company is paying for a large portion of it but I'm responsible for paying 27.76 per month starting in January 2023.... I need a way to pay the bill and it hasnt come in the mail yet and the month is almost up. So I'm using my Identification number (from the physical health care card) to register a login at the Blue Cross Blue Shield website. It accepted my id number. Now on the next page its asking me to register a username etc. I've met all the green check marks requirements on the "step 2 of 3" page and yet its saying "error". The most generic error! Wont even tell me what the error is. I tried on Firefox, nd Safari and the error persists.

So I called 1-800-313-0983 to get help and I've been connected to a call center who has put me on hold now 1 hour!!!!!! What if i was a fast food worker earning minimum wage who was given a 15 minute break for lunch, and no more then that. jesus what do minimum wage workers do when their bosses wont give them 55+ minutes time off of work to sit on hold? Not everyone has this kind of time to be on hold. they have jobs. and they have bills to pay. Again, I'm a freelancer so now I can't take calls from 2 of my clients that are trying to get a hold of me while I'm on hold with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois trying to get this rectified.

It's wrong of BCBS to connect me to a call center overseas who doesn't know how to fix this, who puts me on hold for over an hour. This needs to be reformed for those freelancers who don't make a lot of money and can't take an hour off to sit on hold. This needs to be reformed for the minimum wage workers who dont have the luxury of sitting on hold for an hour. By the time they get off work, BCBS might have closed for the day so the minimum wage worker cant get this fixed after hours. What a broken system.

UPDATE: I hung up after being on hold for 1 hour 31 minutes. finally got to talk to a rep who sounds like they're not in an overseas call center. She found out that the error was related to me registering a username that contained my full first/last name. but the website doesnt even list that as a restriction when choosing a user name!!!!!! That needs to be listed as a restriction but its not listed!

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The Lever: Insurers Are Fighting To Protect Their Medicare Fraud. https://www.levernews.com/insurers-are-fighting-to-protect-their-medicare-fraud/

There are lots of new members! If you’re new to the community, introduce yourself! Feel free to explain why you joined and what you think is wrong with the healthcare system, and anything else you would like to add.

There are lots of new members! If you’re new to the community, introduce yourself! Feel free to explain why you joined and what you think is wrong with the healthcare system, and anything else you would like to add.

My doctor decided to rightfully add TSH and 2 other hormone tests to two of my standard blood test (over two years) and it totaled to this, with healthcare with a full-time job. I am disputing this with insurance and the health clinic to the death, but for real, enough is enough:

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