Franz Kafka was a healthcare claims administrator and insurance underwriter
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Re: Franz Kafka was a healthcare claims administrator and insurance underwriter
#2This explains a lot; I’ve been thinking for years (ever since being diagnosed with a chronic health condition) about writing an essay likening the American insurance system to Kafka’s _The Trial_. The bureaucracy is absolutely soul-crushing, and has left me in tears on multiple occasions. While nearly no individual person you deal with is at fault or malicious, the whole experience ends up being something I wouldn’t wish on anyone.
Re: Franz Kafka was a healthcare claims administrator and insurance underwriter
#3He was a work comp claim administrator - in the US, they are some of the worst people on the planet.
This was before doctors became incurably greedy - so a bit early for first party health insurance.
Re: Franz Kafka was a healthcare claims administrator and insurance underwriter
#4He was a work comp claim administrator - in the US, they are some of the worst people on the planet. This was before doctors became incurably greedy - so a bit early for first party health insurance.
>He was a work comp claim administrator - in the US, they are some of the worst people on the planet.
Whoah now, don't talk about my dad like that! In all seriousness though, my dad said that all the places he worked at over the years generally accepted over 99% of the claims they received.
My dad did develop a visceral hatred for chiropractors over the course of his career though.
Re: Franz Kafka was a healthcare claims administrator and insurance underwriter
#5He was a work comp claim administrator - in the US, they are some of the worst people on the planet. This was before doctors became incurably greedy - so a bit early for first party health insurance.
> This was before doctors became incurably greedy
Doctors are not the reason healthcare is expensive.
Re: Franz Kafka was a healthcare claims administrator and insurance underwriter
#6He was a work comp claim administrator - in the US, they are some of the worst people on the planet. This was before doctors became incurably greedy - so a bit early for first party health insurance.
> This was before doctors became incurably greedy Doctors are not the reason healthcare is expensive.
Well, the AMA does constrain the number of doctors in the US so that supply and demand part is on them.
Re: Franz Kafka was a healthcare claims administrator and insurance underwriter
#7He was a work comp claim administrator - in the US, they are some of the worst people on the planet. This was before doctors became incurably greedy - so a bit early for first party health insurance.
>He was a work comp claim administrator - in the US, they are some of the worst people on the planet. Whoah now, don't talk about my dad like that! In all seriousness though, my dad said that all the places he worked at over the years generally accepted over 99% of the claims they received. My dad did develop a visceral hatred for chiropractors over the course of his career though.
I have my suspicions but I'm still gonna ask the reason for the chiropractor hate.
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#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
> This was before doctors became incurably greedy Doctors are not the reason healthcare is expensive.
Well, the AMA does constrain the number of doctors in the US so that supply and demand part is on them.
Talk to any doctor about the priorities of the MBA-holding decision-makers at their hospitals.
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#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
>He was a work comp claim administrator - in the US, they are some of the worst people on the planet. Whoah now, don't talk about my dad like that! In all seriousness though, my dad said that all the places he worked at over the years generally accepted over 99% of the claims they received. My dad did develop a visceral hatred for chiropractors over the course of his career though.
I have my suspicions but I'm still gonna ask the reason for the chiropractor hate.
Chiropractors learned their trade from a ghost
Science research fraudsters could learn a lesson from them in how to get away with it
Re: Franz Kafka was a healthcare claims administrator and insurance underwriter
#10I was fully expecting this to be an article showing how Kafka-esque the American health insurance system is.