Insurance companies did quite well this year. Here is their report thru 3rd quarter 2024.

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9. Fine. Take an insurer like UHC with 25 M covered people. Pay the execs nothing and you'd

have $2 or $3 maybe $5 more dollars for each person annually. I’d rather have them cutting better deals with hospitals, doctors, monitoring quality, etc.

Until the government gets off its ass and enacts a rational healthcare system, we are stuck with what we have.

I’ve worked/consulted with Medicaid, Medicare, providers, even recommended Georgia go to Medicare/caid for all in 1982. Had to run for my life after the Committee as they called me a socialist.

I worked against insurance companies trying to screw providers too, and handled numerous appeals for denials. If you’ve got the standards of care on your side, it’s relatively easy overturning denials with a little additional info not on a claim form. Now, if it’s a patient/doctor who wants to get facial Botox injections covered under the guise of treating headaches, that’s a bit tougher and not my thing.

With your background, I’m sure you know doctors and other providers do cheat billing, some a lot, some staying under the radar.