If health insurance truly cared about “preventative maintenance” like they say, then they would be all for two things, GLP-1s and annual full body MRIs.
If they approved and paid for those two things alone, the percentage of persons reaching in their 90’s or even over 100, would exponentially increase.
But they won’t because “sick” people are more profitable.
@d2 Your entire for-profit mentality is flawed and ruined healthcare. Behemoth For-profit health insurance corporations that answer to stockholders, have no business using government funded tax payer’s money to delay and deny people healthy outcomes.
If you want to make profits and tons of money, fine, just do it with SOMEONE ELSE’S money!!!
Lol. GLP-1s and full body MRIs are both -EV decisions.
We also should be doing full blood work on patients; the three types of blood work that checks for early detection of cancer.
There is a reason why we are not covering to have these things done annually. And it has nothing to do with being cost-prohibitive. It has to do with “sicker” patients make the healthcare and health insurance companies richer.
So, all the talk about “we are a preventative maintenance company’l is all talk, nothing more.
When I said full body MRIs, I intended the head as well. Full head & body MRIs are the ultimate early detection for cancers and other types of issues going on in the body or the brain. And early detection can not only mean saving a life but also improve one’s quality of life.
And a full MRI really only costs $2000, if you have no insurance at all and paying completely out of pocket. Yes, only $2000! But health insurance had managed to inspire our healthcare system, if a person has insurance, to charge upwards of $15,000 or more.
The ultra rich most likely get full head & body MRIs every year for themselves and their spouse and children. Somehow their lives are more important than the working class.
And as far as GLP-1s, helping people lose weight helps fight against diabetes, cancers, joint issues, and many other ailments. And before anyone blames people for not exercising or eating less, I would argue that our food system, with all the preservatives, plays a big role in the problem.
Agree. Denying or refusing life-saving care, is as bad as mu---r.
The executives of the 5 Major Health Insurance corporations are committing genocide on the elderly, the disabled, and the indigent.