FundMECFS@lemmy.blahaj.zone to News@lemmy.world · 3 months agoHealth Insurers Limit Coverage of Prosthetic Limbs, Questioning Their Medical Necessitykffhealthnews.orgexternal-linkmessage-square110fedilinkarrow-up1632arrow-down13cross-posted to: assistive_technology@lemmy.sdf.orgdisability@beehaw.org
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minus-squarecredo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down1·3 months agoThey are saying it’s not “medically necessary” to have any quality of life. As long as you’re breathing, you’re A-okay in their book. This is what insurance in the US has come to mean.
minus-squareCapt. Wolf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·3 months agoLike how they still consider dental care to be “cosmetic.” They’ll rip them out of your head free of charge, but putting new ones in? No sir… You can eat mush! But God forbid anyone mentions a solution that includes socialized healthcare…
They are saying it’s not “medically necessary” to have any quality of life. As long as you’re breathing, you’re A-okay in their book.
This is what insurance in the US has come to mean.
Like how they still consider dental care to be “cosmetic.” They’ll rip them out of your head free of charge, but putting new ones in? No sir… You can eat mush!
But God forbid anyone mentions a solution that includes socialized healthcare…