Thread: SicKo- Seen it?
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Old 07-24-2007, 06:47 PM   #25
Happy Monkey
I think this line's mostly filler.
 
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Originally Posted by Clodfobble View Post
Someone's always paying for it.
No, that's the problem. HMO's aren't paying for it. They are denying claims in order to maximize profits - perhaps even to be profitable at all.

If the primary goal is profit, is there a way to organize things so an emergent goal is to pay all valid claims? They seem antithetical to me.
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