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Written by Jamie McCarthy on 2024-12-10 at 15:10

Hey @pluralistic , your Sept. 2020 writeup of the $11,000 Covid test is completely wrong, and so is your reference to it yesterday.

UnitedHealthGroup did not defraud the government out of $11,000. UHG was the victim of an $11,000 fraud. It paid the $11,000.

“United kills people, for money. During the most acute phase of the pandemic, the company charged the US government $11,000 for each $8 covid test” — no. Wrong. Completely backwards.

Please fix! Thanks

https://www.propublica.org/article/a-doctor-went-to-his-own-employer-for-a-covid-19-antibody-test-it-cost-10-984

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Written by Jamie McCarthy on 2024-12-18 at 12:25

@pluralistic Cory, that “$11,000” is the first statistic you list about UHC. The second is that they deny 32% of claims. Nobody actually knows if that’s true either. That data hasn’t been collected.

https://www.propublica.org/article/how-often-do-health-insurers-deny-patients-claims

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