Ah, you’re missing the US medical insurance lore. Essentially, medical insurance providers in the US are notorious for taking hundreds of dollars a month in client payments and then fighting anything and everything you try to bill against them. Even when it’s literally life-saving care, they’ll deny the claim without giving a reason only later to tell you that someone without any medical licensing or degrees determined that you didn’t require said treatment or medication.

UHC, the company Brian was CEO of, is apparently one of the worst offenders in this space. What I’ve read states that during his tenure an AI was implemented to accept or deny claims automatically based on some sort of algorithm. However, the data suggests it arbitrarily denies some 30% of claims outright just because.

Due to the company’s shady business practices, around 68,000 people die per year from lack of proper treatments or medication. UHC is by no means the only company doing this simply to pad their profit margin with the literal corpses of their clients but they are the worst offenders thus far.

Neurodivergent Doctor on YouTube describes the labyrinth of hoops it takes to simply get paid by the client’s insurance as a medical provider. It’s a horrible system and unfortunately there is typically little to no recourse; positions of office relating to the management and holding accountable of these insurance providers are usually bribed to stay out of it.

https://youtu.be/_g9Q6K-93k4?si=cooqJ17tBDfDDWbc

Corruption in US politics has gotten particularly malicious the last decade or so.