Comments on: How UnitedHealth plays hardball http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/01/how-unitedhealth-plays-hardball.html medical blog Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:52:10 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/01/how-unitedhealth-plays-hardball.html/comment-page-1#comment-82729 Anonymous Mon, 14 Jan 2008 17:41:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/01/how-unitedhealth-plays-hardball.html#comment-82729 Wow...and United Health is set to essentially rule medicine in all of Southern Nevada, once its purchase of Sierra Helath is complete.<br/><br/>Scary for docs in Las Vegas, let me tell you. Wow…and United Health is set to essentially rule medicine in all of Southern Nevada, once its purchase of Sierra Helath is complete.

Scary for docs in Las Vegas, let me tell you.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/01/how-unitedhealth-plays-hardball.html/comment-page-1#comment-82719 Anonymous Mon, 14 Jan 2008 04:30:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/01/how-unitedhealth-plays-hardball.html#comment-82719 It would appear that Congress has written laws that allow the insurance companies free rein to squeeze hospitals and doctors and does the same with Medicare reimbursements. Probably hoping that eventually, everyone will demand government health insurance for all, requiring vast tax hikes and revenues, which would put the pols and their paid bureaucrat lackeys in the cat-bird seat. It would appear that Congress has written laws that allow the insurance companies free rein to squeeze hospitals and doctors and does the same with Medicare reimbursements. Probably hoping that eventually, everyone will demand government health insurance for all, requiring vast tax hikes and revenues, which would put the pols and their paid bureaucrat lackeys in the cat-bird seat.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/01/how-unitedhealth-plays-hardball.html/comment-page-1#comment-82716 Anonymous Mon, 14 Jan 2008 03:56:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/01/how-unitedhealth-plays-hardball.html#comment-82716 In any other industry, this would be a gross violation of anti-trust law. The federal government and civil courts would be all over this extortion. I believe this abuse is however protected under ERISA law, with no legal remedies.<br/><br/>Ed Sodaro MD In any other industry, this would be a gross violation of anti-trust law. The federal government and civil courts would be all over this extortion. I believe this abuse is however protected under ERISA law, with no legal remedies.

Ed Sodaro MD

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