To the editor: Jamie Court docket is appropriate that killing the chief govt of UnitedHealthcare won’t resolve the issues that the craven leaders of those insurance coverage corporations created with their insurance policies of delay and deny.
Nonetheless, there’s lastly a public dialogue on the necessity to shield the insured when these seemingly soulless leaders breach their fiduciary duties and trigger hurt to those that in good religion invested in medical health insurance for peace of thoughts and care.
CEOs must be alarmed by the outrage towards them that this killing has unleashed, as individuals share their mistreatment by the hands of those corporations. However will they work to unravel the issues (unlikely), or will they circle the wagons?
So, Congress must act. The outraged must put strain on their elected officers to carry these corporations accountable; possibly then their reprehensible conduct will likely be reformed.
Terry Shenkman, Culver Metropolis
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To the editor: Strictly talking, insurance coverage corporations neither deny nor present healthcare. They management cash.
You probably have sufficient cash, or a physician, hospital or pharmacy prepared to deal with the affected person at a loss, you’ll obtain care.
The overly complicated system of insurance coverage, care suppliers, hospitals, attorneys, regulators, researchers and drug corporations — a lot of whom search to make a revenue — ends in an enormous overhead. With an getting old inhabitants, the demand for service far exceeds the provision.
It’s obtained to be fastened, or the struggling will worsen.
Walter Maki, Torrance
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To the editor: Though inappropriate healthcare denials are a reputable trigger for concern, the grasping and the cavalier seemingly won’t be deterred by the specter of costly civil lawsuits that normally take a few years to resolve and don’t lead to a dime popping out of the executives’ private pockets.
It’s maybe much more essential to acknowledge that the principle impediment to good healthcare in our nation is just not such denials, however the barrier of affordability. Each should be addressed.
Hyman J. Milstein, M.D., Studio Metropolis
