I saw a tweet thread a few days ago that I wish I'd saved. One of the tweets had a screenshot of an article with Marci Bowers where he said that insurance companies say a good outcome of srs is where the patient is released from the hospital in a reasonable amount of time
and doesn’t ***die*** horribly from complications.
Other complications or revisions? Still a good outcome. Death? Yeah, that's bad. Shame on the patient!
I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of surgeries were given the same criteria, because there are a lot of surgeries after which quality of life is both improved and worsened. Insurance companies aren't exactly known for caring about their clients. Heard a commercial today for a personal injury lolyer and he said "the guy who hit you, his insurance company is not on your side". The thing is, your car insurance company isn't on your side! If you want to get them to pay for medical care after you've sued the other insurance company, you have to sue your insurance company, otherwise they almost always won't pay up on coverage that you pay them for.
But still , hearing that insurance companies only care if the doctors can say "but did you die" seems harsh, even for them. It really shows you how mercenary these doctors and insurance companies are.
I'll look for that thread again, but Twitter search sucks.
ETA: found the article he was quoted in. It was on
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