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United Healthcare and the Theater of the Absurd

December 5, 2025December 5, 2025 B. John 121 Views 0 Comments coordination of benefits, Medicare error, medical billing problems, BayCare Imaging, dialysis mistake, health insurance bureaucracy, patient advocacy, insurance claim dispute, United Healthcare

nited Healthcare just sent me a letter asking about my “dialysis treatments” for a claim from July 2025. Small problem. I wasn’t on Medicare in July. I’ve never had dialysis. And the provider was BayCare Imaging. which does… imaging.

After 2 hours and 57 minutes on the phone with five reps who couldn’t grasp any of this. I’m sending them a bill for my time. Welcome to the American healthcare system. Pull up a chair.

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Broken Wrist a Pre-existing Condition

November 29, 2009September 29, 2018 B. John 368 Views 0 Comments Harvard, CNN, Economics, Healthcare Reform, Health Insurance, Health care reform, Public Health Insurance, Health Care Insurance Reform, United Healthcare, David Brooks, Greg Mankiw

Today’s stupid health insurance company tricks includes one lady’s experience of having her insurance company deny paying for the treatment of her broken wrist because it was a “pre-existing condition,” my experience with having denial codes that even the insurance company can’t explain, and the writings of some conservatives who say we can’t reform heath care insurance because it would make a more decent society and let us enjoy more leisure time.