Health Insurance Claim Denied? See What Insurers Said Behind the Scenes(propublica.org)

93 points by coloneltcb 3 years ago | 56 comments

How often do health insurers say no to patients? (2023)(propublica.org)

42 points by lentoutcry 1 year ago | 22 comments

UnitedHealth's Effort to Deny Coverage for a Patient's Care(propublica.org)

206 points by latexr 1 year ago | 169 comments

Insurers Rely on Doctors Whose Judgments Have Been Criticized by Courts(propublica.org)

151 points by ceejayoz 1 year ago | 154 comments

Providers, not insurers, are responsible for excess U.S. health care cost (2024)(noahpinion.blog)

38 points by paulpauper 4 months ago | 35 comments

Health insurance claim denial rates range from 13% to 35% by insurer(randalolson.com)

38 points by brandonb 4 months ago | 23 comments

Police cannot seize property indefinitely after an arrest, federal court rules(reason.com)

773 points by throwup238 2 years ago | 385 comments

Reason article reporting that the D.C. Circuit ruled police cannot hold seized property indefinitely after an arrest, calling it unconstitutional.

Court Records Should Be Free(eff.org)

430 points by hn_acker 4 months ago | 99 comments

EFF Deeplinks article by Joe Mullin arguing that federal court records should be freely accessible to the public.

Judge rules $400M algorithmic system illegally denied Medicaid benefits(gizmodo.com)

358 points by rntn 2 years ago | 95 comments

Gizmodo news article on a judge ruling that a $400 million algorithmic eligibility system illegally denied thousands of people Medicaid benefits.

MIT Study Finds AI Use Reprograms the Brain, Leading to Cognitive Decline(publichealthpolicyjournal.com)

438 points by cainxinth 1 year ago | 432 comments

Article reporting on an MIT study claiming that using AI tools like ChatGPT alters brain activity and leads to cognitive decline.

US healthcare marketplaces shared citizenship and race data with ad tech giants(techcrunch.com)

464 points by ZeidJ 5 months ago | 153 comments

TechCrunch brief reporting that US healthcare insurance marketplaces shared users' citizenship and race data with ad tech companies.

Protect Your Friends and Loved Ones(ephemeral.cx)

36 points by speckx 23 days ago | 11 comments

A personal blog post recounting a friend's late-night arrest and urging readers to prepare information and plans to help loved ones if arrested.