Friday, January 03, 2014

RIGHT-WINGERS NOW SERIOUSLY SUGGESTING THAT EXTENDED INSURANCE COMPANY HOLD TIMES DIDN'T HAPPEN BEFORE OBAMACARE

I know the right-wing plan is to locate every single story of a glitch that can be linked to Obamacare and run every one through the Mighty Wurlitzer, but seriously, folks? Are you arguing that this never happened to anyone in the pre-Obamacare days?





... Paperwork problems almost delayed suburban Chicago resident Sheri Zajcew's scheduled surgery Thursday, but Dr. John Venetos decided to operate without a routine go-ahead from the insurance company. That was after Venetos' office manager spent two hours on hold with the insurer Thursday, trying to get an answer about whether the patient needed prior authorization for the surgery. The office manager finally gave up.

"I'm not a happy camper," said Nate Zajcew, the patient's husband. The couple signed up for a Blue Cross Blue Shield bronze plan through the federal HealthCare.gov site on Dec. 16. "I understand it's just a matter of paperwork and yesterday was a holiday. I can be an SOB, too, at times, but since they're going on with the procedure, it's OK." ...
Gosh, imagine if some practitioners had been kept on hold for two hours in the early days of Medicare Part D under President Bush ... oh, wait, they were. Imagine if Blue Cross ever kept people on hold for hours in the pre-O'care days ... oh, that used to happen, too, according to onholdwith.com, which has collected a set of real-time Twitter complaints about BC/BS going back a couple of years. And for right-wing idiots who think government and government-related services have a monopoly on long hold times, well, yeah, HealthCare.gov and the Postal Service hve been getting a lot of complaints lately, but what's the excuse for everyone else in onholdwith's current top ten?





I see a lot of private companies on that list. Know what I don't see? Medicare.

Single payer, anyone?

2 comments:

aimai said...

Its unbelievable, these people are simply in denial about how insurance and hospitals work. You can *never* get a straight answer about what is authorized and what isn't--right up until you are on the operating table and your insurance company always has reserved the right to backstab you and the doctors and deny that they gave you permission, or that you had the right permission. Are these people suffering from traumatic brain damage that they have forgotten what we all know?

Victor said...

Oy!

I remember back when it used to take at least something semi-tangible before our Reich-Winger's tits ended up lifting them up off the ground in epic uproars, their knickers knotted, they started baying, wailing, moaning, and tearing at their hair and garments, in a nanosecond.

Now, if you even begin to mention something beginning with the letter "o," and THEY'RE OFF!

"Hey, want to split this orange with m..."

'WHAT?!?!?! SPLIT! AN O! O!! O!!! OBAMA-ORANGE WITH YOU?!?!?!?YOU SOCIALIST!
YOU FASCIST!!
YOU COMMUNIST!!!
YOU GODLESS HEATHEN!!!!
LEAVE THIS COUNTRY OR DIE!
DIE!!
DIE!!!
DIE - WITH LARGE FESTERING BOILS, DIE! DIE!!! DIE!!!!!!!'

"Ok, I'll eat it by myself..."

"O! O!! O!!! OBAMA-K?!?!?!
YOU SOCIALIST!
YOU FASCIST!!
YOU COMMUNIST!!!!
YOU GODLESS HEATHEN!!!!
LEAVE THIS COUNTRY OR DIE!
DIE!!
DIE!!!
DIE - WITH LARGE FESTERING BOILS, DIE! DIE!!! DIE!!!!!!!'

"Uhm... Alright, never mind, I'll eat it myself."

'Sure, hog that orange that some "Job Creators" worked hard to provide for us - you typical selfish Libtard!!!!'