idiots at insurance companies
Some insurance forms are really stupid. For example:
Q: Provide the complete names and addresses of all physicians that have treated you for this condition from x/x/xxxx to y/y/yyyy.
(one little line provided for answer)
Comment: Why the fuck is the answer blank that small?
Q: Please list all medications which you have taken since 1/1/2007-2/21/2008...
Comment: Applying "since" to an interval is redundant, because "since" would only consider the last day of the interval as its argument! Which do you mean: during the interval, or anytime after it?
.Q: ...and the conditions for which they have been prescribed.
Comment: The form of the question presupposes that every medication requires a prescription.
And what bothers me the most is that they only sent this form to fish for a reason to deny me coverage of a 15-minute operation that cost over $1000, because they don't cover pre-existing conditions. This is why private health insurance should die and be replaced by nationalized control of hospitals. Privatizing healthcare is as stupid as privatizing the fire department. Lots of people do not have time to shop around for an emergency room, or time to travel to a cheaper one. Hospitals are local monopolies, and must be either wholly public or price-regulated like utility monopolies.
These insurance companies like to play a game of hot potatoes with each other, trying to get rid of or deny coverage to anyone who really needs it. Public health systems don't do that.
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