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1/ As famous @WakeForest professor Maya Angelou said, “When people show you who they are believe them” —stunning reveals here—Former @UHC exec says company would only pay surprise bills after complaints….beckershospitalreview.com/payer-issues/f…? @drdanchoi utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social
3/ So the former senior exec. for @UHC admits that it did not inform members in writing via letter that #UnitedHealth would reimburse out of network bills, instead it was buried in the fine print of the #EOB to the Pt. & Pts. had to ask UHC to pay.
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⚠️ GROSS COI REVEALED: In an extraordinary and fantastically written investigative report, @theintercept's @rose_n_adams unveils how @UHC co-opted @zackcooperYale's #surprisemedicalbill study, all while #Congress embraced it as "academic" and "unbiased" work to write #SMB law.
1⃣ This lays bare how #UnitedHealth has manipulated #surprisebill "research" to enrich itself at the expense of all #patients and the frontline #medical providers risking their lives over the past few years of #Covid.

2⃣ The study was foundational in the #SMB debate, and...
...Congress was duped. We believe that Congressional #investigations are now warranted by the #House and #Senate #Judiciary Committees. @HouseJudiciary @JudiciaryDems

3⃣ This work from Prof. #Cooper and his @Yale team was cited *10 TIMES* in the first #regulation issued by...
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BMA supports destruction of #NHS but present as victims or frustrated saviours.
Sophistry masterclass by @TheBMA on 17th July deconstructed
⚠️Hop on bandwagon to avoid conspicuous silence & echo bogus talking points (ditto @UKLabour & @keepnhspublic}
bma.org.uk/bma-media-cent…
⚠️BMA endorsed Feb 2021 white paper, remained silent until now.
⚠️Have track record of imposing ignorance & disengaging members.
⚠️Assisted creating US style 'managed care' by railroading GPs into new contract 2019 WITHOUT discussion/VOTE.
#NHSBill progression of agreed change
⚠️Clinical 'leadership' has had no impact on halting or moderating NHS privatisation. Predominantly serving as window dressing for the destruction
⚠️It has enriched & assisted career progression of the complicit.
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Government Health Bill set to create #IntegratedCareSystems based on US-style 'managed care' handing control of #NHS budgets to private health insurance giant #UnitedHealth's UK subsidiary #Optum
Culmination of decades of covert re-purposing, reducing #NHS to a logo & budget
Secretive £multi-billion contracts awarded to profit hungry PRIVATE corporations just like we saw with #Serco #Deloitte 'NHS' Test & trace.
Profit to be made through DENIAL OF CARE as revealed in 'Sicko' film
HMO=ACO=ICS='managed care'
Despite knowing about government plans for months/years, @keepnhspublic fails to mention imminent DEADLY threat in its leaflets for July 2021 demo.
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Dangerous editorial by @jkaffash demonstrates selective blindness & historical amnesia.
Here's why. 1/13
pulsetoday.co.uk/views/editors-…
Underplaying significance of American corporate raiders following recent annoucement of Centene's UK subsidiary takeover of GP practices ignores dominance of various US players now metastasised throughout NHS not least in @NHSEngland board 2/13
lowdownnhs.info/news/us-takeov…
most notably #Mckinsey #UnitedHealth.
Business model of American privatised healthcare is built on fraud and denial of care. 3/13
economist.com/leaders/2014/0…
nytimes.com/2017/05/19/bus…
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***Use less qualified cheaper staff & compliant doctors***

Health insurance man Sir #SimonStevens prescription to screw over doctors & down-skill workforce

His deadly prescription for #UnitedHealth now imposed on #NHS as CE @NHSEngland

oklahoman.com/article/337308…
Dangerous junior doctor contract imposed thanks to @TheBMA sabotaged own industrial action

New GP contract railroaded through WITHOUT a ballot thanks to @BMA_GP

All set to replace doctors, those that remain made compliant using appraisal system & bonuses 2 deny care
#primarycarenetworks will replicate American-style HMO/ACO
GP contract incorporates #SimonStevens #UnitedHealth policies
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