Health Insurers Limit Prosthetic Limbs Coverage, Question Medical Need

Wednesday, January 15, 2025

When Michael Adams was researching health insurance options in 2023, he had one very specific requirement: coverage for prosthetic limbs. Adams, 51, lost his right leg to cancer 40 years ago ...

Posted by 726 at 08:30 PM | 19 COMMENTS | permalink | Comment on This Entry |

Alternate links: Google News | Twitter

Health insurers limit coverage of prosthetic limbs, questioning their medical necessity. Advocates say it is discrimination and are arguing for insurance fairness. abcnews.go.com/Health/healt ...

[image or embed]
-- Ian Weissman, DO (@drianweissman.bsky.social) January 6, 2025 at 10:17 PM

Comments

Admin's note: Participants in this discussion must follow the site's moderation policy. Profanity will be filtered. Abusive conduct is not allowed.

I predict shareholders will look away and pretend they don't profit through misery.

#1 | Posted by redlightrobot at 2025-01-15 08:59 PM | Reply

We are going to need more Luigi's to change their mind.
So be it! Let the revolution begin.

#2 | Posted by a_monson at 2025-01-16 02:39 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

WWLD?

#3 | Posted by Sezu at 2025-01-16 07:47 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Free Luigi!

#4 | Posted by Jaspar at 2025-01-16 08:02 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

America has no healthcare.
It has 'for profit' care...

#5 | Posted by earthmuse at 2025-01-16 08:29 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

Re 5

Also good eyes and teeth are optional and are add ons to your plan.

I am surprised they stopped there and didn't manage to trick us into requiring a separate health plans for every part of our bodies.

#6 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-01-16 10:51 AM | Reply

The government won't care because they have their own platinum health care for life,
Make them get it on the market and see how fast it changes.
Make Viagra non-essential and not covered and the change will be instant.

#7 | Posted by MBlue at 2025-01-16 10:55 AM | Reply

America has the most expensive and worst healthcare of all the developed nations because of the blood sucking insurance companies.

#8 | Posted by Nixon at 2025-01-16 01:24 PM | Reply

Best. Country. Ever.

#9 | Posted by hamburglar at 2025-01-16 01:34 PM | Reply

When the CRO of United Healthcare was executed I, like most people secretly laughedl Now when the next healthcare CEO is executed I will laugh out koud death to tyrants! Let's start with those who decided corporatiions are people and money is free speech!

#10 | Posted by danni at 2025-01-16 04:59 PM | Reply

#10 All these years later, you have not figured out the miserable lot in your POS life is karma.

#11 | Posted by gracieamazed at 2025-01-16 05:15 PM | Reply

It's funny how much misery Danni causes Gracie.

#12 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-01-16 05:19 PM | Reply | Funny: 2

#11

What a hateful thing to say.... I thought you lot just won something. Or are at least being told by your new Fascist Oligarch Masters that you won something.

Apparently the Bannonites are onto this fact. Which must put you in the Musk circle.

#13 | Posted by Corky at 2025-01-16 05:19 PM | Reply | Funny: 1 | Newsworthy 1

Misery? I pray for her.

#14 | Posted by gracieamazed at 2025-01-16 05:21 PM | Reply

That makes it even funnier.

You're obsessed.

#15 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-01-16 05:22 PM | Reply | Funny: 1 | Newsworthy 1

#10 All these years later, you have not figured out the miserable lot in your POS life is karma.

#11 | Posted by gracieamazed at 2025-01-16 05:15 PM | Reply

What a ----.

#16 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2025-01-16 05:27 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Look at beanie go! A real rebel against that thing he was trolled into copy and pasting on a thread. LOL. Gaslighter stupid.

#17 | Posted by gracieamazed at 2025-01-16 05:44 PM | Reply

Pavlov was right. LOL TooTles beanie.

#18 | Posted by gracieamazed at 2025-01-16 05:45 PM | Reply

Oh fer ----- sake....your faux outrage is noted and laughed at.

Twoothy is running around wishing cancer, calling everyone a ----, scum, etc....legallyrapedin3rdgrade is virtually no different.

Gracie comes along and says "karma" and you're all outraged.

LOL

#19 | Posted by eberly at 2025-01-16 07:06 PM | Reply