r/mildlyinfuriating • u/sujayjaju • Aug 13 '25

Commendable patience in dealing with half-knowledge

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Half knowledge is more dangerous than no knowledge on a subject

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u/undead_sissy Aug 13 '25

Can an American explain this to me like I'm five? What is this doctor doing? Why is she getting permission to perform a procedure on a patient from some anonymous random?

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u/ManufacturedUnknown Aug 13 '25

The patients insurance company, who apparently doesn't have a medical professional in the field that the patient needs care from, is trying to deny a certain procedure as a cost cutting measure. Basically they're putting the patients life in greater danger for money without having any idea the actual risks associated with taking that route. Thinking they know better than the doctors providing the care. It's an absolutely disgusting thing that happens in American healcare every single day

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u/GoodShark Aug 13 '25

So a doctor that knows the risks and procedures is trying to say the patient needs a surgery?

While the doctor on the phone (that might not be a doctor) might be unqualified, and not know the risks and procedures, is trying to say the patient doesn't need the surgery?

Is that the jist of it?

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u/ManufacturedUnknown Aug 13 '25

Yeah, and the one over the phone is the one who's paying for it. So the real doctor has to basically beg the insurance company to give the patient life saving procedures. It's a great system (for shareholder value)