Medicare denies more claims than all private insurance combined

[The Fury]

Kasz216 said:

highwaystar101 said:

"Private healthcare companies use every trick they can to deny you healthcare coverage"... Oooh, goody, I really want to go on private healthcare please. J/k I think you meant to phrase that differently Kasz

I think maybe things are a bit different here in Britain, because we have a hybrid system covered largely by the NHS, the only private system are usually very high quality so they can compete with the national system. Maybe this leads them to attempt to accommodate the customers needs more. 

Come to think of it, because the USA has low national coverage then the private systems can have much wider quality gradations in comparison to Britain. So yeah, you're right, I'm using the British system as a model which is a flawed comparison.

No, i actually don't want to phrase it differently.

That's the arguement used against them.  That doesn't mean it's true.

In reality our public system as you can see... denies more people.

 

Out of interest because I just don't know, what is included in a Medicare coverage plan? Is it like other insurnace companies that only cover certain things like accidents or general medical care (obviously for a price, more you pay more you get)? Or does it cover everything but bases the decisions on if you get the care person by person?

If so, what's to say the figures are scewed by this? If a person has insurance but it's only for general injuries and stuff, yet they get a desease that isn't covered, would they class that as they are denied or that they weren't covered so can't get the care anyway?

 

My friend recently moved to the US and before he could get his VISA he had to prove he had medical insurance, this took months. He has 2 health issues already and no one policy covered both of them and even then he could only get a general injuries insurance which didn't really cover care for the health issues the way the NHS does. Example being he has nerve damage in his leg which means he cannot bend it and causes him pain. With a procedure, he can make it so he can use that leg, here in the UK he can get it once every 6 months (it usually lasts 10-14 weeks for him) and for free on the NHS (he did get it once privately but had to pay £300, it used to be thousands when it first started) but in the US he has to pay $1000 for it as his insurance plan doesn't even cover it so does that count as a denial?