Board Certified Surgeon in Austin, Texas is whistleblower on US Health Insurance Companies
She was just PULLED OUT OF SURGERY
while her patient was asleep and forced to speak with UnitedHealthcare who tries to cancel patients inpatient stay after surgery who has CANCER
“It's 2025 and insurance just keeps getting worse”
“I've never had this happen before. But during the second deep, I had a phone call into the operating room saying that UnitedHealthcare wanted me to call them about one of the patients who was having surgery”
“So I scrubbed outta my case and I called UnitedHealthcare and the gentleman said he needed some information about her, wanna know her diagnosis and whether whether her inpatient stay should be justified. — I was like, do you understand that she's asleep right now and she has breast cancer?”
“It's out of control. It insurance is out of control. I have no other words.”
@Josh__Hardman@alastair_moore_ It's a lovely 10 -11 hour drive on backroads, full of desert, wide open spaces, and plenty of spots where there's no cell service for deep personal contemplation. But yes, having made the journey many times, it's really not that far, friend :)
Had a great convo on @TheTripReport1 (🙏 to @zach_haigney) on the complexities of potential implementation of PAT, if approved. Big q's & challenges ahead for all players in the industry. Listen in as we peel back the many layers!
https://t.co/AryCrQoCJV
Rules for life, lately:
-exemplify as much courage as you can mobilize and as much integrity as you can manage
-be afraid of no one
-develop a good BS detector, and use it
-be really tender
(h/t James Hollis & Laurie Anderson)
For those in Oregon, want to let you know that a group out of OHSU that I am part of is now hosting a voluntary adverse events portal where you can report any adverse events related to psilocybin services in our state: https://t.co/DifYUBhNtm