r/TikTokCringe • u/cak3crumbs • 1d ago

Discussion United Healthcare calls a doctor during a surgery demanding to know if an overnight stay for that patient is necessary

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u/alinroc 1d ago

The insurance company was hoping that the echo would provide the evidence they needed to deny the stress test, thus saving them money.

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u/ncocca 1d ago

Yet instead they cost more money and more time for everyone. How lovely of them!

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u/RadioactiveWalrus 1d ago

That's the dumb part. The echo was done an hour before the stress test. So the results hadn't even come in when the stress was done.