Omg, I could not believe what I was hearing so I reheard video 4x to really understand the details. And you're only one doctor! Thanks for having the courage to speak up and share the truth. Had no idea doctors were being mistreated by uhc. It's time that the entire healthcare goes through a huge reset hopefully through legal means. Otherwise, future sustainability of health-care will be lost!! 😢
I just found your channel and subscribed. I'm a former Mental Health Specialist with a Private Practice. UHC denied approximately 50% or more of the claims sent in for counseling. I did A LOT of free work for my clients because I wouldn't abandon them either.
Hi . Agree as fellow doctor . We have to start a national campaign against United to get patients not to select them and Doctors to demand their correct and deserved pay . They actively try these illegal tactics not to pay legitimate bills. let me know what your thoughts are.
that sucks for employees that ONLY have that option though... .I wish we just had a Universal healthcare system. I have worked at the same place for 21 years. I can't keep changing jobs JUST to get decent healthcare. It's not fair.
@@herobrinenoch3522 Like l said, he is correct BUT l would not want him for my doctor. There's too many angry doctors out there. I have not had a kind caring Dr for years
The doctors have been speaking up for years more than 10 years but the patients will not listen to what we say. Most doctors have worn people do not sell your Medicare for privatized insurance but what did you do? You sold your life for a co-pay! I believe every hospital death from 2015 on needs to be investigated. The insurance industry has hired physicians who will kill your loved ones when it cost the insurance more money to take care of them than they want to pay.
I am a Family Medicine physician. United Healthcare is the worst insurance company, and has been so for decades. I canceled my contract with them at least 15 years ago because they were so frustrating to deal with. My life has been much better since then. I would encourage all physicians to do the same if you can. I am self employed, so I was able to do this. I also do not work with BCBS.
@@calvinblount5082 I have a long term medical care. It is absolutely torturing. I had one only to switch to another. It has been nothing but ultimately a slow and extreme death sentence. May our Creator rebuke them. I have tried to get my teeth fixed over this terrible time period and tried to be patient but I am now being told they will only pay to pull all of my teeth all no partials etc. if the work I was promised and they had not not paid my dentists and putting off my treatments with false promises that would not have happened. I am very sick I cannot get answers and I feel seriously like I am going to die. It is like having my skin peeled off my body slowly and being allowed to feel every minute of it. The names of these abusive companies are Kalos,( at one time First Choice) and now Eye Circle Care. Steer clear of them all. They are going to let their patients die and/or lock them up in nursing homes. Many rides they said they would provide( though now NYS takes care of that and probably for good reason) would not show up or would leave saying you were not there for your rides( which means the patient gets "threatened " by even the doctors offices because you missed your appt or had to be late) I used to be able to take buses but since I had Leukemia it was too difficult. Or you were blamed that you never called to arrange transport I signed up with an outside group just to make these pickup appts no one was cooperative. Not one. I used to be a nice trusting person. But this has been outright abuse. They should be investigated they are a murderous organization. IMHO. I know nurses. Why work for any companies like this? I could never in good conscience do it. I should not be allowed to be deliberately abused no one should. I do not know what to do. No one should be shamed by anyone for being ill. No one should be shamed and the lying promises. They will drag you along and kick you down. Does this make them gleeful? They get a paycheck for our sickness I feel taken advantage of. And being sent and kicked to an early grave. DO NOT USE THEM.
Me too. My insurance was only decent with Blue Cross but I had to 800$ a month because I have Ehlers Danlos Syndrome. I can't afford that anymore so I have not had insurance in years.
@@BeeBenson That is completely false. They punish the wrongdoer and it is false that the people in the class action can't get significant amount of money and other types of relief. Stop spreading lies created by corporations to get people to be against holding them responsible. You can get more money typically if you sue on your own but that is going to cost you a ton of money. Class actions are free to you and the lawyers take on a lot of upfront costs and risks.
Exactly!! As someone who's life was not ended, but destroyed by a denied operation (cigna) I am glad to see this video. Right now so many patients & doctors are screaming from the rooftops about this crooked crap and it's falling on deaf ears! I nearly vomit hearing commentators on news programs saying "show me a better system anywhere in the world, sure some fall through the cracks " It's not a crack, its a canyon!! Then you here it's a left-wing right wing thing It's NOT! It's people who have suffered vs. those who haven't (yet) Then it's; We can't let the government control it. I agree with that! I really think our free market system is better, It's being run by greedy criminals!!! Bottom line at any cost greedy criminals who have free rain to steal. Oh isn't it telling how fast some talking heads bolt out to protect the insurance companies. I would have never had this video in my feed if what happened recently wasn't in the news. And I do not defend a murderer unless it's self defense. But now the issue of crooked insurance companies in front & center We see the power they've purchased.
Wow, there cheating the Doctors & Us who pay them too! It's pretty obvious now the talking heads news mouth pieces have their pockets lined and are doing damage control for United.
As a Registered Nurse who retired after over 50 years; you are absolutely correct. Everything you mention I have experienced both personally and professionally. These insurance companies have no business making health care decisions to accept or deny a request from a physician. Their paperwork is unending and their delay tactics of “we never received it” are continuous. This system is broken….
@@DrMudgil Im not sure "broken" is exactly the right word. The word "broken" implies that something is not working due to overuse, or an unintended accident. There is nothing unintentional about how the Insurance companies behave. “Those who make peaceful change impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." J.F.K, 13 March, 1962
ALL of these insurance companies ALL of them MUST BE INVESTIGATED. Not only sre they hurting doctors and nurses but their patients as well. They have been showing that not only are they horrid corporations but murderous greedy animals. There is a higher judge. The most higher judge
A patient on another channel mentioned that she had similar problems with UHC when she was pregnant (she ended up having pre-eclampsia and delivered early) to the point where she had to get the State Attorney involved. It was only then UHC paid up.
My mom sold her practice to optum and they absolutely are harassing her and creating an intimidating work environment to push her out of the practice she ran for 20 years. They have absolutely destroyed patient care and they treat her like a work dog. They are the absolute WORST
@@DrMudgilDr the government should fix this issues.. that Obama shi.. tttt!! Is another joke insurance for illegals or people who is not transparent with their taxes (that sucks sucks)
I am a Healthcare Admin for 29yrs..and I have worked with attorneys to help litigated these types of "offset" audits from UHC, BCBS, and other payors, AND WON!! Plus interest....you need to file a complaint with your insurance comissioner. And sue these large ins companies for these types of practices, for hiring incompetent staff in those claims processing positions, that knows nothing about claims, insurance billing, coding, nor do they know their own policies!!!.we never faxed notes of that capacity, we send them certified mail signature required.
America America America, number one country control the word why this fight in your Neighbor country Canada people they pay taxes they are not worried or fight for physical or going to the doctor in here in America, which is the best country people they pay monthly they insure themselves and They fight back or they lose their lives because they cannot get the treatment what they deserve for which they pay. Capitalism is serious problem in this country. I don’t hate it, but I kept from communist country 35 years ago. Capitalism has its own problem to hurt people butterflydoesn’t cover his behind cover the floor politics. They need to fix it this problem.😢😢😢
Thank you Dr. for this very relevant video that has aged like fine wine. This was 3 years ago that you were expressing your anger against this multi billion dollar corporation, Why was this not addressed 3 years ago? Why is this video not getting the coverage back then? This video needs to get more attention now after the recent passing of the CEO of United healthcare. I'm hoping this kind of videos of the past addressing their frustrations against the health insurance companies get more traction and people are spreading these kinds of videos on their social media platforms. We need world wide attention to spread this kind of information. Our mainstream media is bought by and for these powerful conglomerates to inform the public. We need more alternative media to spread relevant news like this to the masses. And i hate to say this but politicians are bought too. Sad days in America.. I still love America though. Appreciate people like you who are making a stand. United we stand.
I suspect UA-cam suppressed this video from hitting the algorithm - UnitedHealthcare must pay big advertising dollars, as they do on legacy media platforms. 🤬
rachelrivera91 Where were you during Obama when all this has started. Obama & United have killed more Americans than all the therorists combined. Thank for being so ignorant. I’m sure you have voted for them.
I'm a Canadian who watched Michael Moore's Sicko when it came out. decades ago. I am still sickened from it. this didn't start 3 years ago. @rachelrivera91
If only United Healthcare had listened to Dr. Mudgil. This was truly prophetic. Now everyone is paying attention. Thank you for posting this about 3 years ago-I’m sharing it. It deserves far more views. Doctors like you, Dr. Mudgil, should be focused on serving patients, not burdened with bureaucratic tasks.
@@Myworld-nz7dv We need to do more that "speak" we need to act. What do you propose. This is the opportunity to band together against a clearly corrupt system pretending to care about our well being when we are little more than statistics to them, which they use on Wall St. It's time we stopped these assassins.
Mob extortion tactics is exactly what you're describing. I'm so, so sorry you're having to go through especially when you've educated yourself to help people. You're not alone. I've spent two days watching other doctors describing the EXACT same procedures so United doesn't have to pay. Sad that they're preventing you from helping people who need it.
It’s enough to drive one insane. They simply just don’t care about people; their only concern is profit, and they’ll pursue it any way they can, at all costs. Shameful, truly. 😡
@@debrawalton5453 Reagan was the worst, more so than trump bc he actually knew what he was doing and it was so nefarious. He deregulated EVERYTHING in the name of supporting a free market capitalistic consumer society or some such BS. We all know that song and dance.
No, what your country needs is a universal healthcare that actually works. All of the other 'rich' countries have figured it out. Why can't the US? All of the world is laughing at the united states for being the richest 3rd world country =/
Agree, I always see how much the Dr's get paid at the end by the insurance, and it seems they get very little. If that was the case, people should be able to afford what a Dr gets paid on the bottom line. I always wonder why they just don't take cash and charge less. They would get paid on the spot and don't have to hire a biller and wait so long to get denied or get a portion of the charge.
We would all need coverage for the really big stuff though or we'll be dead pretty quickly. I think everyone should bail on United Healthcare and go with other companies. It won't change until they feel the hurt. Make them the lesson for other companies. It's a start!
@@brendagunnels2021 it seems other insurance companies are the same. Maybe not as bad but still try to deny care and inflate costs. Maybe AFLAC catastrophe insurance for big stuff, and drop the rest?
WOW a doctor with the COURAGE to SPEAK UP against United Healthcare! I applaud you for speaking up and sharing this! I wish more doctors took this approach instead of selling out to private equity.
@DrMudgil I used to work at insurance companies. It is mostly stupid busy work. Get rid of ALL the health insurance companies, go one-payer and hire retired or disabled trained medical professionals to review case fixes gor fraud.
I am wondering why I get calls from UHC and they are pushing me to make doctors appointments when I don't need to. What are some better insurance companies? On top of being bugged, I can't understand the foreign person calling me representing UHC and each time they ask for my personal information. AARP is a liberal company representing UHC.
I am an old (75) doc but healthy & extremely well educated primary care, especially prevention and nutrition for 50 years. Insurance ran me out of business 10 years ago but I still see and help people and keep my license. University Health Alliance in Hawaii, called me up 10 years ago and told me I was forbidden to help people, my job was to drug them according to his orders! I told him to go to hell because I earned the right to practice medicine, he never earned the right to bully me! Those insurance CEOs have stolen billions of dollars that belong to the American public. That is our Social Security and Medicare that they have stolen. In exchange they will kill you when you cost them money. meanwhile, they are granting nurses the right to practice medicine and they're destroying doctors because they don't want to pay them. I always trust the good Lord takes care of me but there is a day of reckoning coming for the insurance industry.
Thank you for helping us understand how someone could be so pissed off at United Healthcare that they would be driven to commit a crime. One life lost to bring attention to thousands lost by delay and deny tactics.
I just moved out of the country years ago. I have heart failure and spent 4 days in ICU with blood clot and pneumonia and reduced ejection fraction. I had every test , all kinds of scan and blood work, respiratory treatments my total cost was $2000 and great doctors and nurses. My country betrayed me a long time ago and continues to rip off Americans every day.
@@LynetteLee-ro2ic we had a similar experience in Germany. Eleven days in the Hospital plus several surgical procedures, MRI, Ultrasound, blood tests..5000 Dollars In the US the MRI alone will cost that much.
Where did you move to? Mexico? I hear that they have great medical services and they don't bankrupt patients. Of course, thats true about almost every country in the developed world, nowadays.
I am an Allied Healthcare professional and agree with you 100%. First they will reimburse the claims submitted with all the proper documentation(included in the claim thru Kareo), then a few months later, they want their money back saying as a form of "overpayment". Lately I just complied with all the guidelines they need like to re-submit documentations and guess what they did with my most recent claims submitted, they paid "0" dollar saying that it's a garnishment for unpaid overpayments. It is giving professional services for free. We all have our business expenses such as office lease, payroll etc. which were already paid and UHC want their money back. This is a straight up EXTORTION. We do our best to provide good healthcare to their members and this is what we get. I don't know how the CEO of UHC can sleep at night knowing that they literally putting a gun on us. I strongly agree for a Class Action Lawsuit for this insurance company.
@@DrMudgil Glad I don't have United. But if I did, and I knew my doctor wasn't getting paid, I'd change jobs just to get away from UHC insurance. Nobody should work for free unless it's a donation to the common good/volunteer work. The fact that we patients pay higher insurance rates because of the warfare between providers and insurers makes my blood boil. We could cut costs instantly if insurers gave doctors a fair deal and pay promptly so they didn't have to fight for money.
How is this legal? I never heard about this. Let me tell you as someone who just turned 68 and was a nurse , our health insurance used to PAY EVERY SINGLE THING! I gave birth three times and had surgeries at Ivy League hospitals and the bill was never more than $300 extra. The worst insurance was dental coverage was never enough.
I was patient of the UHC and I confirm that my doctor had to send/submit over and over again same info requested by UHC...at the end, UHC approved a little amount and I had to pay the big chunk . The fish stinks from the head: the problem must be resolved by Congress...the Congress must do rules for standards prices and standard rules for healthcare sectors. All prices must be reduces 10 times lowered because at this time the prices are 10 times or 20 times higher than anywhere on this planet . Plus, the big rule to be : The healthcare insurance companies MUST NOT WORK FOR PROFIT...any profit must be distributed back to patients and those paying insurance premium etc.
@@DrMudgil I guess, Magione , whether a patsy or not - we should probably thank Pelosi one way or another, has drawn a bit of attention an a matter that we in Europe could not have witnessed first hand like you guys. There there is a lot to say about our healthcare, not everything is good, but seriously in they US they turned infamy into an art form.
Thank you for calling them out before others did! You put this out 3 years before current events. Your story is one of so many too. They were on notice a long time ago that people wanted change and they just turned the other cheek and doubled down on vile, violent, greedy practices.
Thank you Doctor for standing up to the truth of the matter. These horrid insurance companies with UHC taking the lead in corruption greed and horrific attitudes of “ not seeing nor hearing” anything from millions of ill patients needing desparste care for their medical needs. God is most aware of the greed and corruption of their souls- all for the mighty dollar. My heart goes out to those who were denied and delayed care- and the families who lost loved ones because of this horrific betrayal to humanity.
man, as an employee of an insurance company that works with UHC, I believe every word you say, I came to your video to understand what is really going on there, from the side of the medical provider. What you say is simply blowing my mind, the conduct of UHC is so bad that in most cases, we make reimbursements, from our money to take care of our members, the only reason we are obliged to work with UHC in the United States, is due to regulatory laws that oblige us, amen and it is not was the case. In the end, the patients and the medical provider are the ones who suffer the most from this conduct.
No doubt. These are spineless, heartless, shameful institutions who couldn't care less about patients or their providers. Their only concern are the dollars in their bank account.
It's not even about what Luigi did, I don't really care one way or another, but have to thank him for this much needed attention to a very serious fraduilent problem the US public has been forced to accept. NO MORE/. To those CEOs who read this, which I doubt are many, NO MORE> YOU are done.
@@DrMudgilcan tell at how they tip toe dance around the united murder .. and won’t reveal the truth of the matter and like your video shows it’s not just the patients being scammed..
@johnnysalter. They know, they think they're in good jobs feeding us lies but don't want to lose their health insurance. I lost my son to their negligence. I have NO sympathy. A death close to me is more important than some scumbag. Seriously, is the manner of death a determining factor? In the back or in the heart? This CEP had blood on his hands. If there was something positive to say about him, we would have heard it. He's a CLASSIC SCUMBAG.
@@DrMudgil I hope to see more doctors step up too. UHC used to be my mom’s secondary to Medicare, a lower tier i guess. They abruptly decided to cut her Janumet coverage of a 90 day supply to 30 days. Mind you, this was $750 at the time around 2019 or 2020 .. My mother is not rich, she’s a hard working middle class citizen, and UHC wanted my widowed mom to pay $750 a month.. Anyway, NY State was able to help with a program called EPIC. My mom is good now as Aetna as her secondary .. BUT … It’s so messed up how they get away with this. We pay them for medical coverage, and take advantage of us, so greedy! I don’t mean to rant, but that’s my share of United Hellcare.
I am a Certified Medical Coder I code for an extensive burns and it never fails UHC denies the claims stating the procedure are not documented. Normally we have to get our attorney involved to resolve these cases
WOW! I dont think many people know this. Thought we suspect as much. Its good this is told. The insurance companies dont like to have their dirty laundry aired out loud. Spoiles their sales. Thank you for having the guts to speak.
I’m from Europe and I’m in shock. A few years ago, there were discussions about privatizing healthcare because how works great in US, but given what we’re seeing now, such proposals would likely face overwhelming public outrage. I keep my fingers for you guys and for better health care.
Thank you for speaking out about your experience with UHC. The list of people with horror stories about them is growing. UHC is and has been evil for a long time.
@@DrMudgil That scares me when the healthcare company calls and pushes me to let them come to my home to do a home health visit to get an ideal how healthy I am or not healthy. Even though I was born generation x. I have the looks mentally and physically and the health of a teen girl. I have even successfully been reversing my age mentally, and physically by 30+ years. I have successfully been accessing and downloaded knowledge about quantum healing in med beds, and accessing them, and another multi dimension to heal, rejuvenate my cell and DNA, and reverse my age, mentally and physically. I’m getting close to the point of LEV Longevity Escape velocity.
Thank you for sharing this information. I am sorry this happned to you. Sounds like United Healthcare was playing a deliberately twisted game. I do not condone what happened to their CEO but the company is very apparently exceptionally greedy and should reevaluate their entire business model.
Thank you for taking the time to make this video. I do billing for my husband who is a pain management doctor and I agree with your comments 100%. We spend so much time appealing the claims. Mostly we just write them off which is the outcome the insurance companies are looking for. Now, we only see Medicare patients. No more appts for patients with private insurance. It's NOT fair. Our healthcare system only seem to work for the elderlies, and active duty military (Tricare).
Medicare is by the far the best option. We should all be able to purchase Medicare - I can guarantee you that UHC et al would go out of business if we were able to do so!
I am a senior and no dummy!..... BUT I thought Medicare Advantage worked thru a deal WITH Medicare and (Medicare was paying them $1,000 a month for ea patient).......... Advertising and reps... Very misleading on purpose... HV advantage plan... Need to get rid of!!!.... PERKS OF PLAN PULL U IN!!..... IT ALWAYS BOTHERED ME ... THE "ROUND THE CLOCK," ADS... FOR "ADVANTAGE PLANS".....SMELLED A " RAT" ALL ALONG!...CANNOT AFFORD A SUPPLEMENTAL ANYMORE....NOT SURE WHAT THE HELL I AM GOING TO DO!.......NO WIN....ALL AROUND!.....FORCED TO RETIRE DUE TO ACCIDENT.........WAS STILL WORKING... HV LOST THAT EXC INCOME PLUS SS.....SO WHOLE DIFF FINANCIAL SITUATION......🙏🙏🙏!...BUT SOOO GLAD THIS IS OUT IN OPEN!.....UHC NEEDS CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST THEM FROM PATIENTS AND DOCTORS!
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing” Why are the remaining United Healthcare executives getting a free pass? Where were all these "Good Men and Women"? Which of them stood up when seeing the care denials, the resulting deaths and said, "we can't do this, this is immoral". No, they kept cashing those checks. People should be in jail!
So true this is why people can’t get into a doctor cause they are spending all their time on arguing with insurance companies. More true today 2024 that when you made this video.
My cardiologist apologized that he never touched me or checked my heart. He said United paper work was so overwhelming that all he had time to do was type on a computer my entire appointment. It was a worthless appointment!
@markusgorelli5278 same here. I think because of the Kid who killed the CEO. It's good to hear the Doctors side of the story too. Who knew? they are as equally jilted as the patients. Some say the Mafia is dead, so say it's been driven underground Makes a person wonder if it hasn't just found another cash cow. Naw, the white collar criminals have always been more viscous! After all, they have the law on their side.
My mom has UHC and I'm starting to hate this company. They are shameless, liars, don't care about the elderly with chronic medical conditions, deliberately frustrating their clients, i.e., they don't care about your healthcare needs! 😡😡😡😡😡
my new provider JUST referred me to a gastroenterologist for a b12 deficiency.. NOw I KNOW that will never happen and I will be running around stabbing in the dark trying to get decent healthcare...
I would have medical record requests. They failed to provide the patients signature, saying the signature is presumed given the insurance coverage. This drove me nuts. I can not get a copy of a patients record down the hall without authorization. They (UBH and others) provide an incorrect fax number. I send the records. It looks like the fax was accepted. Two months later I receive a request again. "Oh we don't use that number any more". I have had clawbacks and they reimburse less than most ins providers. I tried not to take UBH, but long-term patients would change because of employment changes. Medication pre-authorizations used up my time off. The on-line authorizations were endless, when a simple call would previously work. Most of the authorizations had high denial rates and appeals were useless. The past 2 years were exhausting, enraging, disheartening with Medicare advantage. I am now retired and can't get over how great I feel. It is absolutely as bad as you say.
It’s insane. How about this one - when UHC calls about a prior authorization, it’s usually at 8 PM on a Sunday night - when they KNOW no one’s in the office! Enough to make one go mad! 😡
This is 3 years ago?! 😮 As a physician I can vouch for this type of disgusting abuse. We don’t accept United for this reason. Along with other red-tape-filled, delaying, poor reimbursement companies. The patients lose out. As a physician who hoped to be a healer to all who come for help, I can’t do that and stay open as a small practice.
I’m so sorry that you’re going through this extortion. I have a few stories about United myself when my husband had lung cancer, trying to make us pay $10,000.00, them not paying lung specialist for a procedure saying the office didn’t get a referral. Five hours on the phone and I wouldn’t take no for an answer. I’m glad you’re coming out with this and I hope other doctors join in with you to fight back. Insurance companies are the biggest ripoffs for which we have to pay. Medicare has some fancy tricks up their sleeves as well. I wish you the very best.
Yes, ma'am, insurance are companies are the precise root of every issue in healthcare today. They make their profits entirely off the backs of patients and their providers. It's shameful and criminal.
In 2004 I did some research on why healthcare premiums increased so much. I noticed they increased in profits by three times the percentage of the percentage of the cost of living increase.
I wish people would start listening more to the doctors instead of allowing things to hit breaking point like what has just happened. I wish we had more strong men like you who voice their opinion when they see clear corruption in the system. I have been one of those who guys who keep saying the young Italian man had no right to take a life of a father, but it's kind of like the CEO was killing innocent strangers by using the system indirectly.
Worked @ UHC as a sales agent. Everything was disguised as “ we are here to help consumers”. Pressured to sell plans even if it’s not a good fit for the consumer.we’re told to think about our commissions
Absolute insanity. ….People break. I hear you and am with you. I hope for doctors to ban and create a massive class action suit against UHC. Get a team of lawyers who work on percentage of settlement.
I've lost my most wonderful Doctors because they kept dropping insurance companies and now do personalized healthcare kind of like concierge. They also no longer accept Medicare and they were forced to opt out of Medicare which forced you to opt out as well if you went with them. I couldn't afford what they charge to be a member and now I'm at the mercy of western Doctors who just push the pills on you... They are integrative care so they offer more rounded care. So sad but I just don't have that kind of money. So yeah, fuck Healthcare companies and their sick ass greedy shareholders and the government that won't regulate this BS. Thank you for speaking out!
AMEN!!!!!.... UHC has "indirectly murdered" .......millions of patients by DENY.. DENY.. DENY! ..... CORRUPT ANIMALS....... UHC .. NEED CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT!
It’s interesting that this video was made specifically for UHC over 3 yrs ago. UHC are such gangsters and not surprising that no one feels empathy towards CEO. As a Registered Nurse who works with case managers, I hate dealing w UHC the most. They are constantly doing audits on our claims at the skilled nursing facility I work for. They also send 80 year old people with hip fractures after only a week of therapy and do not allow them to stay an adequate time to recover. Then they have monthly meetings with us to review if we are meeting their quota numbers they want for low length of stay. They are disgusting! No other insurance company goes to this extreme to avoid paying claims.
@ thanks. It was good. I think the sound quality is actually better in the video clips than when you’re on the podcast mic. I like your passion in the video clips. Not sure if you’re getting at how bad it is like you did in your first video. Maybe you could make a video. And maybe skip going into what a tragedy it is because most people feel it’s a net positive for humanity. Idk. Just some ideas.
I think you mean ‘their SHORT TERM bottom line Most doctors, like all people, are too scared to speak out. You’re a gem that’s, unfortunately, rare Respect to you
All doctors should unite against the Pharma Industry. And why do we tolerate them to be the judge and jury to determine if the ailment/s are covered by them. That's insane! No wonder they make billions and to protect their profits, they're also the largest political donors. This corrupt system has to change.
Too bad he left his millions behind. Tsk..tsk…tsk…..as the Bible says, you came in this world with nothing, you will leave this world with nothing, except good or bad words about you.
When I was a child my father had to spend many hours several times a year to fight the insurance company that kept 'losing' his payments to them and repeatedly cancelling our family's health insurance after my baby sister became very sick. They had never done that in the 10 years prior to my sister's birth. After that, it was a constant struggle and fight to keep our insurance. My mom would cry about it. It added so much stress on top of caring for a very very sick baby.
When you’re healthy they love taking your premium payments. The minute you get sick, and start costing them money, they literally want you to die as fast as possible. They’re morally bankrupt institutions. 🤬
Watching after the recent event in Manhattan. Highest denial rate. My daughter closed her speech clinic because she was worn out dealing with insurance companies
You got it!! Cardiologist told my mother he was no longer accepting United Healthcare for the very same reasons you articulated so well. So my 90 year old mother is beside herself (and me too) about how to pay the doctor.
Big Thanks to you and May God Bless you and your staff for the hard work you have done and still doing!!! Once again Thank you, God Bless you Doctor!!!
Disgusting. The fact that this has been going on for years and nothing has been done to fix it is unjustifiable. Then we are surprised people turn to violence and cheer for a murder.
Wow. Thank you for this video. I thot only enrollees were scammed. It is eye-opening that even doctors are scammed. Patients have to fight for care and doctors need to fight to get paid?!!! This is a “disadvantage criminal plan”. Im so sorry for you, doctor. You go to school for years only to get harassed and robbed!! Thank you for letting us know the provider’s side of the story. So mad. Sue!
I think class action lawsuit against them and just keep going down the line. Doctors have to get involved and stop being cowards. As an African American Doc, I recognize that it takes courage but for the sake of our patients and our families we must take action. I remind myself that if Rosa Parks had not refused to sit in the back of the bus, would I even be a physician today . We need “Rosa Parks” courage . It’s in each of us, let’s show it!!
WOWY!!! Thank You for sharing this awful though helpful information! I have UHC and the one time I 'tried' to use them to cover the cost of a $25. cane, they put me through such a ridiculous hassle for 3+ weeks!!! The same kind of back-and-forth useless nonsense as described in this video! I was finally awarded Medicaid, who then covered me for the cost of a cane within less than one day! (& shortly after that, I was able to purchase a 2nd cane at Aldi for $8.).
These companies get in the way of doctors and other healthcare professionals being able to effectively do their jobs. You are exactly right; these companies need to be stopped. There's a very good reason other comparable countries don't have this system.
Physicians need a class action lawsuit against UHC for practicing medicine without a license.
It’s long overdue
Absolutely
Omg, I could not believe what I was hearing so I reheard video 4x to really understand the details. And you're only one doctor! Thanks for having the courage to speak up and share the truth. Had no idea doctors were being mistreated by uhc.
It's time that the entire healthcare goes through a huge reset hopefully through legal means. Otherwise, future sustainability of health-care will be lost!! 😢
@@jimlegalley6656Patients and their docs MUST speak out! 👊🏽
PERFECT
This aged better than fine wine.
I wish that weren’t the case, but they continue to be a morally void institution.
Free Luigi
I just found your channel and subscribed. I'm a former Mental Health Specialist with a Private Practice. UHC denied approximately 50% or more of the claims sent in for counseling. I did A LOT of free work for my clients because I wouldn't abandon them either.
Free Luigi 👍👍
@@ellenpederson-lewis8557It’s a broken system for patients and their docs created by insurers to pad their pockets. We ALL must be vocal. 🙏🏽
Hi . Agree as fellow doctor . We have to start a national campaign against United to get patients not to select them and Doctors to demand their correct and deserved pay . They actively try these illegal tactics not to pay legitimate bills. let me know what your thoughts are.
First step is exposing these criminals. Be as vocal as possible. 👊🏽
Having major problems with UHC and came looking for answers.. glad I'm finding out.
that sucks for employees that ONLY have that option though... .I wish we just had a Universal healthcare system. I have worked at the same place for 21 years. I can't keep changing jobs JUST to get decent healthcare. It's not fair.
Healthcare regulators are just as bad.
They don't care about patient safety.
They are narcs.
Boycott the bad companies en masses!
Peace
From UK
Get reed of all this Obama care garbage
The entire country needs to listen to this man. Unbelievable
Insanity! Please help spread the message. 🤯🤬🤯
You ARE totally correct but your language is atrocious
@@Over-for-now I think his language is wholly appropriate. And he considerately gave warning.
@@herobrinenoch3522 Like l said, he is correct BUT l would not want him for my doctor. There's too many angry doctors out there. I have not had a kind caring Dr for years
What a courageous doctor.Speak up doctor!!
Doctors have to speak up, and start to be in charge of all business in health care. Not insurance, but Doctors ...❤❤❤
@@oksanaiavorovska7768 need to change health care system.
Or he's monetised some loophole he fell into. I doubt otherwise.
The doctors have been speaking up for years more than 10 years but the patients will not listen to what we say. Most doctors have worn people do not sell your Medicare for privatized insurance but what did you do? You sold your life for a co-pay! I believe every hospital death from 2015 on needs to be investigated. The insurance industry has hired physicians who will kill your loved ones when it cost the insurance more money to take care of them than they want to pay.
I am a Family Medicine physician. United Healthcare is the worst insurance company, and has been so for decades. I canceled my contract with them at least 15 years ago because they were so frustrating to deal with. My life has been much better since then. I would encourage all physicians to do the same if you can. I am self employed, so I was able to do this. I also do not work with BCBS.
Good for you ❤😊 you clearly saw the BS even 15 years ago
All the private insurers are terrible; UHC leads the pack. Frustrating and infuriating for patients and their docs.
@@calvinblount5082 I have a long term medical care. It is absolutely torturing. I had one only to switch to another. It has been nothing but ultimately a slow and extreme death sentence. May our Creator rebuke them. I have tried to get my teeth fixed over this terrible time period and tried to be patient but I am now being told they will only pay to pull all of my teeth all no partials etc. if the work I was promised and they had not not paid my dentists and putting off my treatments with false promises that would not have happened. I am very sick I cannot get answers and I feel seriously like I am going to die. It is like having my skin peeled off my body slowly and being allowed to feel every minute of it. The names of these abusive companies are Kalos,( at one time First Choice) and now Eye Circle Care. Steer clear of them all. They are going to let their patients die and/or lock them up in nursing homes. Many rides they said they would provide( though now NYS takes care of that and probably for good reason) would not show up or would leave saying you were not there for your rides( which means the patient gets "threatened " by even the doctors offices because you missed your appt or had to be late) I used to be able to take buses but since I had Leukemia it was too difficult. Or you were blamed that you never called to arrange transport I signed up with an outside group just to make these pickup appts no one was cooperative. Not one. I used to be a nice trusting person. But this has been outright abuse. They should be investigated they are a murderous organization. IMHO. I know nurses. Why work for any companies like this? I could never in good conscience do it. I should not be allowed to be deliberately abused no one should. I do not know what to do. No one should be shamed by anyone for being ill. No one should be shamed and the lying promises. They will drag you along and kick you down. Does this make them gleeful? They get a paycheck for our sickness I feel taken advantage of. And being sent and kicked to an early grave. DO NOT USE THEM.
I wish all the providers would do the same. It would save the billers so much time. 😅
Me too. My insurance was only decent with Blue Cross but I had to 800$ a month because I have Ehlers Danlos Syndrome. I can't afford that anymore so I have not had insurance in years.
Class action lawsuit asap
Need some reform!
Sadly class action lawsuits only benefit the lawyers but, there is at least a record of abuse of they don't settle outside the court system.
You should try the lawsuit now. I have a feeling they'll settle. 😂
@@BeeBenson That is completely false. They punish the wrongdoer and it is false that the people in the class action can't get significant amount of money and other types of relief.
Stop spreading lies created by corporations to get people to be against holding them responsible.
You can get more money typically if you sue on your own but that is going to cost you a ton of money. Class actions are free to you and the lawyers take on a lot of upfront costs and risks.
@@tprime2702 Sadly, the time limits to file in civil courts are typically really short. He probably can't at this date. Plus, he settled already.
It's not embezzlement, it's racketeering.
It’s actually both AND even more heinous crimes too …
And legalised redrum
Exactly!!
As someone who's life was not ended, but destroyed by a denied operation (cigna) I am glad to see this video.
Right now so many patients & doctors are screaming from the rooftops about this crooked crap and it's falling on deaf ears!
I nearly vomit hearing commentators on news programs saying "show me a better system anywhere in the world, sure some fall through the cracks "
It's not a crack, its a canyon!!
Then you here it's a left-wing right wing thing
It's NOT!
It's people who have suffered vs. those who haven't (yet)
Then it's;
We can't let the government control it. I agree with that!
I really think our free market system is better,
It's being run by greedy criminals!!!
Bottom line at any cost greedy criminals who have free rain to steal.
Oh isn't it telling how fast some talking heads bolt out to protect the insurance companies.
I would have never had this video in my feed if what happened recently wasn't in the news.
And I do not defend a murderer unless it's self defense.
But now the issue of crooked insurance companies in front & center
We see the power they've purchased.
Wow, there cheating the Doctors & Us who pay them too!
It's pretty obvious now the talking heads news mouth pieces have their pockets lined and are doing damage control for United.
It's bullshit. Plain and simple.
As a Registered Nurse who retired after over 50 years; you are absolutely correct. Everything you mention I have experienced both personally and professionally. These insurance companies have no business making health care decisions to accept or deny a request from a physician. Their paperwork is unending and their delay tactics of “we never received it” are continuous. This system is broken….
Broken, indeed. 🤬
@@DrMudgil Im not sure "broken" is exactly the right word. The word "broken" implies that something is not working due to overuse, or an unintended accident. There is nothing unintentional about how the Insurance companies behave. “Those who make peaceful change impossible will make violent revolution inevitable."
J.F.K, 13 March, 1962
The system is not broken. It is working exactly as the insurance company wants it to work. The insurance company designed it to work this way.
@@ShelleySorensonGood point - it’s broken for patients and their docs, who it’s designed to exploit.
@@ShelleySorensonYou said it. It’s designed to wear the patient down to death or near death.
ALL of these insurance companies ALL of them MUST BE INVESTIGATED. Not only sre they hurting doctors and nurses but their patients as well. They have been showing that not only are they horrid corporations but murderous greedy animals. There is a higher judge. The most higher judge
zionism.
Agree
Yup, they all use the same vile playbook. UHC is the leader of the pack when it comes to shameless, deplorable behavior. We ALL must be vocal. 🙏🏽
Did it ever happen thieves let thieves get INVESTIGATED!!!
And then we investigate the doctors, nurses and Big Pharma. They are all in it together. Give the patients control over there own bodies and lives
obgyn here, just imagine calling to get authorization for anything a pregnant patient needs...
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A patient on another channel mentioned that she had similar problems with UHC when she was pregnant (she ended up having pre-eclampsia and delivered early) to the point where she had to get the State Attorney involved. It was only then UHC paid up.
My mom sold her practice to optum and they absolutely are harassing her and creating an intimidating work environment to push her out of the practice she ran for 20 years. They have absolutely destroyed patient care and they treat her like a work dog. They are the absolute WORST
They’ve destroyed a lot of practices! It’s awful. 😡
Seems like United needs credit, they managed to be bad at every single step of all their processes, it's spectacular.
@@DrMudgil And then bought them from what I hear.
Total vertical integration - shameful.
@@herobrinenoch3522🤯🤯🤯
@ Keep up the good fight! For profit health insurance should be illegal, It's an invitation to corruption.
Thank you for speaking up. UHC needs to be held accountable.
We ALL need to speak up - patients and doctors. 🙏🏽
@@DrMudgilDr the government should fix this issues.. that Obama shi.. tttt!! Is another joke insurance for illegals or people who is not transparent with their taxes (that sucks sucks)
The adjuster has appeared December 2024 🥳
This also happens with physical therapy. This MD is telling the naked truth!!
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Thank you for having the courage to speak out against the anti-patient healthcare system. If more doctors spoke out, the system would change.
💯 … Patients and their docs MUST speak up! 🙏🏽
I am a Healthcare Admin for 29yrs..and I have worked with attorneys to help litigated these types of "offset" audits from UHC, BCBS, and other payors, AND WON!! Plus interest....you need to file a complaint with your insurance comissioner. And sue these large ins companies for these types of practices, for hiring incompetent staff in those claims processing positions, that knows nothing about claims, insurance billing, coding, nor do they know their own policies!!!.we never faxed notes of that capacity, we send them certified mail signature required.
America America America, number one country control the word why this fight in your Neighbor country Canada people they pay taxes they are not worried or fight for physical or going to the doctor in here in America, which is the best country people they pay monthly they insure themselves and They fight back or they lose their lives because they cannot get the treatment what they deserve for which they pay. Capitalism is serious problem in this country. I don’t hate it, but I kept from communist country 35 years ago. Capitalism has its own problem to hurt people butterflydoesn’t cover his behind cover the floor politics. They need to fix it this problem.😢😢😢
Thank you Dr. for this very relevant video that has aged like fine wine. This was 3 years ago that you were expressing your anger against this multi billion dollar corporation, Why was this not addressed 3 years ago? Why is this video not getting the coverage back then? This video needs to get more attention now after the recent passing of the CEO of United healthcare. I'm hoping this kind of videos of the past addressing their frustrations against the health insurance companies get more traction and people are spreading these kinds of videos on their social media platforms. We need world wide attention to spread this kind of information. Our mainstream media is bought by and for these powerful conglomerates to inform the public. We need more alternative media to spread relevant news like this to the masses. And i hate to say this but politicians are bought too. Sad days in America.. I still love America though. Appreciate people like you who are making a stand. United we stand.
I suspect UA-cam suppressed this video from hitting the algorithm - UnitedHealthcare must pay big advertising dollars, as they do on legacy media platforms. 🤬
rachelrivera91 Where were you during Obama when all this has started. Obama & United have killed more Americans than all the therorists combined. Thank for being so ignorant. I’m sure you have voted for them.
@@DrMudgilthanku so much 4 speaking out!!!!!
I'm a Canadian who watched Michael Moore's Sicko when it came out. decades ago. I am still sickened from it. this didn't start 3 years ago. @rachelrivera91
Big people make lots of money off medical insurance companies.
If only United Healthcare had listened to Dr. Mudgil. This was truly prophetic. Now everyone is paying attention. Thank you for posting this about 3 years ago-I’m sharing it. It deserves far more views. Doctors like you, Dr. Mudgil, should be focused on serving patients, not burdened with bureaucratic tasks.
Appreciate you. Many thanks! We ALL must be vocal. 🙏🏽
The frustration Dr. Mudgil expresses is palpable. I am grateful for the raised awareness.
@@DrMudgil -- For many years, healthcare extortion has been among my favorite issues to address online.
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Thank God people are finally waking up!!!
Now speak with one voice at the same time
Peace
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Hell ya
@@Myworld-nz7dv We need to do more that "speak" we need to act. What do you propose. This is the opportunity to band together against a clearly corrupt system pretending to care about our well being when we are little more than statistics to them, which they use on Wall St. It's time we stopped these assassins.
Mob extortion tactics is exactly what you're describing. I'm so, so sorry you're having to go through especially when you've educated yourself to help people. You're not alone. I've spent two days watching other doctors describing the EXACT same procedures so United doesn't have to pay. Sad that they're preventing you from helping people who need it.
It’s enough to drive one insane. They simply just don’t care about people; their only concern is profit, and they’ll pursue it any way they can, at all costs. Shameful, truly. 😡
A monopoly - people need to wake up to this. United is my doctor's biggest headache, too
The absolute worst around, though the others aren’t much better. 🤬
Thak you , thank you.for your experience with healthcare, united in crime against patients and Doctors.Anybody Do something about it!!
It’s the for profit issue. Thanks Reagan with dementia.
@@debrawalton5453HillaryCare was actually the major problem.
@@debrawalton5453 Reagan was the worst, more so than trump bc he actually knew what he was doing and it was so nefarious. He deregulated EVERYTHING in the name of supporting a free market capitalistic consumer society or some such BS. We all know that song and dance.
We all need to drop our insurance and pay MD directly!
No, what your country needs is a universal healthcare that actually works. All of the other 'rich' countries have figured it out. Why can't the US? All of the world is laughing at the united states for being the richest 3rd world country =/
Agree, I always see how much the Dr's get paid at the end by the insurance, and it seems they get very little. If that was the case, people should be able to afford what a Dr gets paid on the bottom line.
I always wonder why they just don't take cash and charge less. They would get paid on the spot and don't have to hire a biller and wait so long to get denied or get a portion of the charge.
We would all need coverage for the really big stuff though or we'll be dead pretty quickly. I think everyone should bail on United Healthcare and go with other companies. It won't change until they feel the hurt. Make them the lesson for other companies. It's a start!
If people put that monthly cost of the insurance into a high interest account, they’d actually be able to use it when they need it
@@brendagunnels2021 it seems other insurance companies are the same. Maybe not as bad but still try to deny care and inflate costs. Maybe AFLAC catastrophe insurance for big stuff, and drop the rest?
Absolutely criminal!!!!! And it's LEGAL!
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WOW a doctor with the COURAGE to SPEAK UP against United Healthcare! I applaud you for speaking up and sharing this! I wish more doctors took this approach instead of selling out to private equity.
I wish more doctors AND patients would speak up. It’s the only way to stop these corporate gangsters.
@DrMudgil I used to work at insurance companies. It is mostly stupid busy work. Get rid of ALL the health insurance companies, go one-payer and hire retired or disabled trained medical professionals to review case fixes gor fraud.
@@feralkittensI had big issues with cigna in the 2000's
@@feralkittensme too in 1988
I am wondering why I get calls from UHC and they are pushing me to make doctors appointments when I don't need to. What are some better insurance companies? On top of being bugged, I can't understand the foreign person calling me representing UHC and each time they ask for my personal information. AARP is a liberal company representing UHC.
Surely it financially benefits them in some way to do so - that’s their only motivation! 🤬
We need to get rid of all these insurance companies and go to universal health care so the doctors can do their job and the patients get proper care!
Something most certainly needs to be done. The system as is is rigged against patients and doctors. 🤯
I am an old (75) doc but healthy & extremely well educated primary care, especially prevention and nutrition for 50 years. Insurance ran me out of business 10 years ago but I still see and help people and keep my license. University Health Alliance in Hawaii, called me up 10 years ago and told me I was forbidden to help people, my job was to drug them according to his orders! I told him to go to hell because I earned the right to practice medicine, he never earned the right to bully me! Those insurance CEOs have stolen billions of dollars that belong to the American public. That is our Social Security and Medicare that they have stolen. In exchange they will kill you when you cost them money. meanwhile, they are granting nurses the right to practice medicine and they're destroying doctors because they don't want to pay them. I always trust the good Lord takes care of me but there is a day of reckoning coming for the insurance industry.
It’s an utter disaster. Insurance companies are as vile as they come. 🤬
Thank you for helping us understand how someone could be so pissed off at United Healthcare that they would be driven to commit a crime. One life lost to bring attention to thousands lost by delay and deny tactics.
@elainemacura. I agree. I stand behind my position.
I just moved out of the country years ago. I have heart failure and spent 4 days in ICU with blood clot and pneumonia and reduced ejection fraction. I had every test , all kinds of scan and blood work, respiratory treatments my total cost was $2000 and great doctors and nurses. My country betrayed me a long time ago and continues to rip off Americans every day.
Just curious where you live now
@@LynetteLee-ro2ic we had a similar experience in Germany. Eleven days in the Hospital plus several surgical procedures, MRI, Ultrasound, blood tests..5000 Dollars
In the US the MRI alone will cost that much.
Where did you move to? Mexico? I hear that they have great medical services and they don't bankrupt patients. Of course, thats true about almost every country in the developed world, nowadays.
What an incredible breath of fresh air and truth you are!! I applaud your honesty and testicular fortitude to speak the truth!
We ALL need to be vocal. 👊🏽
ABSOLUTLY !! ITS TIME FOR BIG CHANGES ,ITS ONLY GOING TO HAPPEN IF EVERYONE WILL UNITE AND SPEAK UP@@DrMudgil
@DrMudgil I agree. I'm proud of you. I can't stand rattlesnakes.
@@tranquility9325 -- Now now, let's not insult rattlesnakes. These people are lower than snakes, who only kill what they NEED to eat and stay alive!
I am an Allied Healthcare professional and agree with you 100%. First they will reimburse the claims submitted with all the proper documentation(included in the claim thru Kareo), then a few months later, they want their money back saying as a form of "overpayment". Lately I just complied with all the guidelines they need like to re-submit documentations and guess what they did with my most recent claims submitted, they paid "0" dollar saying that it's a garnishment for unpaid overpayments. It is giving professional services for free. We all have our business expenses such as office lease, payroll etc. which were already paid and UHC want their money back. This is a straight up EXTORTION. We do our best to provide good healthcare to their members and this is what we get. I don't know how the CEO of UHC can sleep at night knowing that they literally putting a gun on us. I strongly agree for a Class Action Lawsuit for this insurance company.
I couldn’t agree more. It’s criminal! 🤬
@@DrMudgil Did you stop accepting UHC members, both Medicaid & Medicare?
@@ronaldrustia658 I don't accept Medicaid, but unfortunately have too many patients on other UHC plans - I can't abandon them.
@@DrMudgil Glad I don't have United. But if I did, and I knew my doctor wasn't getting paid, I'd change jobs just to get away from UHC insurance. Nobody should work for free unless it's a donation to the common good/volunteer work. The fact that we patients pay higher insurance rates because of the warfare between providers and insurers makes my blood boil. We could cut costs instantly if insurers gave doctors a fair deal and pay promptly so they didn't have to fight for money.
How is this legal? I never heard about this. Let me tell you as someone who just turned 68 and was a nurse , our health insurance used to PAY EVERY SINGLE THING! I gave birth three times and had surgeries at Ivy League hospitals and the bill was never more than $300 extra. The worst insurance was dental coverage was never enough.
I was patient of the UHC and I confirm that my doctor had to send/submit over and over again same info requested by UHC...at the end, UHC approved a little amount and I had to pay the big chunk . The fish stinks from the head: the problem must be resolved by Congress...the Congress must do rules for standards prices and standard rules for healthcare sectors. All prices must be reduces 10 times lowered because at this time the prices are 10 times or 20 times higher than anywhere on this planet . Plus, the big rule to be : The healthcare insurance companies MUST NOT WORK FOR PROFIT...any profit must be distributed back to patients and those paying insurance premium etc.
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All drs should stand together and do something to these companies
Patients AND doctors … we ALL must be vocal. 👊🏽
@@DrMudgil I guess, Magione , whether a patsy or not - we should probably thank Pelosi one way or another, has drawn a bit of attention an a matter that we in Europe could not have witnessed first hand like you guys.
There there is a lot to say about our healthcare, not everything is good, but seriously in they US they turned infamy into an art form.
@@DrMudgil It means more coming from doctors, unless you're afraid.
Wow , as a Canadian who has never had a medical bill it is absolutely ridiculous what the USA people go through to get medical care.
Thank you for calling them out before others did! You put this out 3 years before current events. Your story is one of so many too. They were on notice a long time ago that people wanted change and they just turned the other cheek and doubled down on vile, violent, greedy practices.
We ALL need to be vocal! 🙏🏽
Thank you Doctor for standing up to the truth of the matter. These horrid insurance companies with UHC taking the lead in corruption greed and horrific attitudes of “ not seeing nor hearing” anything from millions of ill patients needing desparste care for their medical needs. God is most aware of the greed and corruption of their souls- all for the mighty dollar. My heart goes out to those who were denied and delayed care- and the families who lost loved ones because of this horrific betrayal to humanity.
We all need to be vocal! 🙏🏽
Man, I’m seeing a bunch of videos about how UHC abusing doctors today… I’m a healthcare professional myself. I understand 😑😔
They abuse patients and doctors, all for the sake of maximizing their bottom line. It’s shameful.
@ Please continue your work in speaking truth to power 🙏 We are grateful
@@RedorgreenfulWe ALL must speak up. 👊🏽
Healthcare regulators are just as bad
@DrMudgil
speak up at the same time not one by one
Safety in numbers
man, as an employee of an insurance company that works with UHC, I believe every word you say, I came to your video to understand what is really going on there, from the side of the medical provider.
What you say is simply blowing my mind, the conduct of UHC is so bad that in most cases, we make reimbursements, from our money to take care of our members, the only reason we are obliged to work with UHC in the United States, is due to regulatory laws that oblige us, amen and it is not was the case.
In the end, the patients and the medical provider are the ones who suffer the most from this conduct.
No doubt. These are spineless, heartless, shameful institutions who couldn't care less about patients or their providers. Their only concern are the dollars in their bank account.
It's not even about what Luigi did, I don't really care one way or another, but have to thank him for this much needed attention to a very serious fraduilent problem the US public has been forced to accept. NO MORE/. To those CEOs who read this, which I doubt are many, NO MORE> YOU are done.
It is difficult for me to comprehend that people in the news business do not know how despised the health insurance companies are.
Insurers pay HUGE advertising dollars to the major networks; their reporting clearly protects those who pay their paychecks.
Money buys everything.
@@DrMudgilcan tell at how they tip toe dance around the united murder .. and won’t reveal the truth of the matter and like your video shows it’s not just the patients being scammed..
@@nunocolonInsurers only care about profit, which they will protect at all costs on the backs of patients and their docs. It’s deplorable. 🤬
@johnnysalter. They know, they think they're in good jobs feeding us lies but don't want to lose their health insurance. I lost my son to their negligence. I have NO sympathy. A death close to me is more important than some scumbag. Seriously, is the manner of death a determining factor? In the back or in the heart? This CEP had blood on his hands. If there was something positive to say about him, we would have heard it. He's a CLASSIC SCUMBAG.
Dr.Mudgil.. Honestly BRO! We appreciate your voice! Thank you for sharing the corruption BS from UHC
Just doing my part. We ALL need to be vocal - patients and docs. 🙏🏽👊🏽
@@DrMudgil I hope to see more doctors step up too. UHC used to be my mom’s secondary to Medicare, a lower tier i guess. They abruptly decided to cut her Janumet coverage of a 90 day supply to 30 days. Mind you, this was $750 at the time around 2019 or 2020 .. My mother is not rich, she’s a hard working middle class citizen, and UHC wanted my widowed mom to pay $750 a month.. Anyway, NY State was able to help with a program called EPIC. My mom is good now as Aetna as her secondary .. BUT … It’s so messed up how they get away with this. We pay them for medical coverage, and take advantage of us, so greedy! I don’t mean to rant, but that’s my share of United Hellcare.
I am a Certified Medical Coder I code for an extensive burns and it never fails UHC denies the claims stating the procedure are not documented. Normally we have to get our attorney involved to resolve these cases
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Justice needs to be served against these. If not by the government or judicial, by the people.
Judicial system is staffed by corporate lawyers/ attorneys so corrupt too
Bravo Doctor! Thanks for your honesty speaking up .
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WOW! I dont think many people know this. Thought we suspect as much. Its good this is told. The insurance companies dont like to have their dirty laundry aired out loud. Spoiles their sales. Thank you for having the guts to speak.
Patient and docs must be vocal! 🙏🏽
I’m from Europe and I’m in shock. A few years ago, there were discussions about privatizing healthcare because how works great in US, but given what we’re seeing now, such proposals would likely face overwhelming public outrage. I keep my fingers for you guys and for better health care.
Appreciate you. Many thanks! 🙏🏽🤞🏽
Thank you for speaking out about your experience with UHC. The list of people with horror stories about them is growing. UHC is and has been evil for a long time.
Evil as they come … 🤬
This aged amazingly. Appreciate your passion to share the truth. Wish you ALL the best!
Many thanks! I’ve been speaking about this injustice for years. We ALL need to speak up - patients and doctors. 🙏🏽
@DrMudgil So true. Will do my part. 🙏🙌
These bastards have two main goals to put you in destitution and destroy you as a patient.
They’re certainly not advocates for patients or their docs …
@@DrMudgil
That scares me when the healthcare company calls and pushes me to let them come to my home to do a home health visit to get an ideal how healthy I am or not healthy.
Even though I was born generation x. I have the looks mentally and physically and the health of a teen girl. I have even successfully been reversing my age mentally, and physically by 30+ years.
I have successfully been accessing and downloaded knowledge about quantum healing in med beds, and accessing them, and another multi dimension to heal, rejuvenate my cell and DNA, and reverse my age, mentally and physically. I’m getting close to the point of LEV Longevity Escape velocity.
Thank you for sharing this information. I am sorry this happned to you. Sounds like United Healthcare was playing a deliberately twisted game. I do not condone what happened to their CEO but the company is very apparently exceptionally greedy and should reevaluate their entire business model.
Their practices are as vile as they come. It’s shameful, indeed.
Thank you for taking the time to make this video. I do billing for my husband who is a pain management doctor and I agree with your comments 100%. We spend so much time appealing the claims. Mostly we just write them off which is the outcome the insurance companies are looking for. Now, we only see Medicare patients. No more appts for patients with private insurance. It's NOT fair. Our healthcare system only seem to work for the elderlies, and active duty military (Tricare).
Medicare is by the far the best option. We should all be able to purchase Medicare - I can guarantee you that UHC et al would go out of business if we were able to do so!
I am a senior and no dummy!..... BUT I thought Medicare Advantage worked thru a deal WITH Medicare and (Medicare was paying them $1,000 a month for ea patient).......... Advertising and reps... Very misleading on purpose... HV advantage plan... Need to get rid of!!!.... PERKS OF PLAN PULL U IN!!..... IT ALWAYS BOTHERED ME ... THE "ROUND THE CLOCK," ADS... FOR "ADVANTAGE PLANS".....SMELLED A " RAT" ALL ALONG!...CANNOT AFFORD A SUPPLEMENTAL ANYMORE....NOT SURE WHAT THE HELL I AM GOING TO DO!.......NO WIN....ALL AROUND!.....FORCED TO RETIRE DUE TO ACCIDENT.........WAS STILL WORKING... HV LOST THAT EXC INCOME PLUS SS.....SO WHOLE DIFF FINANCIAL SITUATION......🙏🙏🙏!...BUT SOOO GLAD THIS IS OUT IN OPEN!.....UHC NEEDS CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST THEM FROM PATIENTS AND DOCTORS!
Im proud of YouT for not taking this down due to a little cussing. Because we all feel the same way. We needed to hear this.
I posted this years ago - UA-cam definitely suppressed it from hitting their algorithm. 🙏🏽
They pushed people to far and look what happens
There needs to be MORE doctors, nurses, and ALL OTHER healthcare professionals to share their stories.
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“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing” Why are the remaining United Healthcare executives getting a free pass? Where were all these "Good Men and Women"? Which of them stood up when seeing the care denials, the resulting deaths and said, "we can't do this, this is immoral". No, they kept cashing those checks. People should be in jail!
Patients and their docs MUST be vocal, for sure. 🙏🏽
So true this is why people can’t get into a doctor cause they are spending all their time on arguing with insurance companies. More true today 2024 that when you made this video.
I found this video while searching. Is this video trending yet?
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My cardiologist apologized that he never touched me or checked my heart. He said United paper work was so overwhelming that all he had time to do was type on a computer my entire appointment. It was a worthless appointment!
Maybe. I wasn't searching and it showed up on my feed.
@markusgorelli5278 same here.
I think because of the Kid who killed the CEO.
It's good to hear the Doctors side of the story too.
Who knew?
they are as equally jilted as the patients.
Some say the Mafia is dead, so say it's been driven underground
Makes a person wonder if it hasn't just found another cash cow.
Naw, the white collar criminals have always been more viscous!
After all, they have the law on their side.
I’m very sorry that you had to endure this criminal business practice of United. How maddening
Yup, infuriating indeed. 🤬
YOU WERE SPOT ON ! THEY INSULT YOUR PROFESSION!! THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING UP
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Do whatever you need to, you have the public's support. We're sick of greedy companies too.
We all need to be vocal - patients and docs.
I'm so sorry about what you have been through. Horrible. Dropped my UH plan awhile back and went to original Medicare.
Traditional medicare is the best around.
What a wonderful idea that physicians unite against this horrid “medical insurance company “. What they’re doing is beyond despicable it’s criminal.
Truly vile behavior. 🤬
My mom has UHC and I'm starting to hate this company. They are shameless, liars, don't care about the elderly with chronic medical conditions, deliberately frustrating their clients, i.e., they don't care about your healthcare needs! 😡😡😡😡😡
You got that right! They ONLY care about maximizing their profits off the backs of patients and their docs!
my new provider JUST referred me to a gastroenterologist for a b12 deficiency.. NOw I KNOW that will never happen and I will be running around stabbing in the dark trying to get decent healthcare...
This Dr is my HEROE!!!🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
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I would have medical record requests. They failed to provide the patients signature, saying the signature is presumed given the insurance coverage. This drove me nuts. I can not get a copy of a patients record down the hall without authorization. They (UBH and others) provide an incorrect fax number. I send the records. It looks like the fax was accepted. Two months later I receive a request again. "Oh we don't use that number any more". I have had clawbacks and they reimburse less than most ins providers. I tried not to take UBH, but long-term patients would change because of employment changes. Medication pre-authorizations used up my time off. The on-line authorizations were endless, when a simple call would previously work. Most of the authorizations had high denial rates and appeals were useless. The past 2 years were exhausting, enraging, disheartening with Medicare advantage. I am now retired and can't get over how great I feel. It is absolutely as bad as you say.
It’s insane. How about this one - when UHC calls about a prior authorization, it’s usually at 8 PM on a Sunday night - when they KNOW no one’s in the office! Enough to make one go mad! 😡
This is 3 years ago?!
😮 As a physician I can vouch for this type of disgusting abuse. We don’t accept United for this reason. Along with other red-tape-filled, delaying, poor reimbursement companies. The patients lose out. As a physician who hoped to be a healer to all who come for help, I can’t do that and stay open as a small practice.
Delay, deny, delay, deny until you break … it’s a morally void, extremely frustrating strategy. 🤬
I’m so sorry that you’re going through this extortion. I have a few stories about United myself when my husband had lung cancer, trying to make us pay $10,000.00, them not paying lung specialist for a procedure saying the office didn’t get a referral. Five hours on the phone and I wouldn’t take no for an answer.
I’m glad you’re coming out with this and I hope other doctors join in with you to fight back. Insurance companies are the biggest ripoffs for which we have to pay. Medicare has some fancy tricks up their sleeves as well. I wish you the very best.
Yes, ma'am, insurance are companies are the precise root of every issue in healthcare today. They make their profits entirely off the backs of patients and their providers. It's shameful and criminal.
In 2004 I did some research on why healthcare premiums increased so much. I noticed they increased in profits by three times the percentage of the percentage of the cost of living increase.
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I wish people would start listening more to the doctors instead of allowing things to hit breaking point like what has just happened. I wish we had more strong men like you who voice their opinion when they see clear corruption in the system. I have been one of those who guys who keep saying the young Italian man had no right to take a life of a father, but it's kind of like the CEO was killing innocent strangers by using the system indirectly.
Worked @ UHC as a sales agent.
Everything was disguised as “ we are here to help consumers”. Pressured to sell plans even if it’s not a good fit for the consumer.we’re told to think about our commissions
Evil empire, no doubt. A heartless, cold institution.
Hmmm
They just put Briana Boston, a 42-year-old mother of three for getting angry over the phone to an insurance company. We have another hero!
Thank you SO much for your comments.
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Absolute insanity. ….People break. I hear you and am with you. I hope for doctors to ban and create a massive class action suit against UHC. Get a team of lawyers who work on percentage of settlement.
No more privatized hellcare. We want single payer accessible care for our health
I've lost my most wonderful Doctors because they kept dropping insurance companies and now do personalized healthcare kind of like concierge. They also no longer accept Medicare and they were forced to opt out of Medicare which forced you to opt out as well if you went with them. I couldn't afford what they charge to be a member and now I'm at the mercy of western Doctors who just push the pills on you... They are integrative care so they offer more rounded care. So sad but I just don't have that kind of money. So yeah, fuck Healthcare companies and their sick ass greedy shareholders and the government that won't regulate this BS. Thank you for speaking out!
They are vile institutions by any measure. We ALL must speak up. 🙏🏽
Luigi Mangione is a HERO!
He SACRIFICED himself to bring AWARENESS to this horrible situation.
AMEN!!!!!....
UHC has "indirectly murdered" .......millions of patients by DENY.. DENY.. DENY! ..... CORRUPT ANIMALS....... UHC .. NEED CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT!
Yes,yes doctors should speak!
Patients too! 💪🏽
It’s interesting that this video was made specifically for UHC over 3 yrs ago. UHC are such gangsters and not surprising that no one feels empathy towards CEO. As a Registered Nurse who works with case managers, I hate dealing w UHC the most. They are constantly doing audits on our claims at the skilled nursing facility I work for. They also send 80 year old people with hip fractures after only a week of therapy and do not allow them to stay an adequate time to recover. Then they have monthly meetings with us to review if we are meeting their quota numbers they want for low length of stay. They are disgusting! No other insurance company goes to this extreme to avoid paying claims.
They are a heartless, morally bankrupt company, no doubt. 🤬
Please make more videos about UHC And Brian Thompson. Thank you. 🙏
Check out the podcast posted today. 🙏🏽
@ thanks. It was good. I think the sound quality is actually better in the video clips than when you’re on the podcast mic. I like your passion in the video clips. Not sure if you’re getting at how bad it is like you did in your first video. Maybe you could make a video. And maybe skip going into what a tragedy it is because most people feel it’s a net positive for humanity. Idk. Just some ideas.
I think you mean ‘their SHORT TERM bottom line
Most doctors, like all people, are too scared to speak out. You’re a gem that’s, unfortunately, rare
Respect to you
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All doctors should unite against the Pharma Industry. And why do we tolerate them to be the judge and jury to determine if the ailment/s are covered by them. That's insane! No wonder they make billions and to protect their profits, they're also the largest political donors. This corrupt system has to change.
The CEO just got unalived in NYC
good
Did someone fired a warning shot....ooops
Don’t apologize! You’re a HERO! You have a huge voice but we don’t. Thank you.❤❤
We ALL have a voice. Let’s get it! 🙏🏽👊🏽
The ceo got his lights turned off today !
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Too bad he left his millions behind. Tsk..tsk…tsk…..as the Bible says, you came in this world with nothing, you will leave this world with nothing, except good or bad words about you.
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I agree 100%. You Doctor need to unite before Congress or you are going to loose your profession.
Time to prosecute them for practicing medicine without a license! Please! Can we just have Medicare for all and end this ridiculous farce!
At a minimum, private citizens should have the option to purchase Medicare!
When I was a child my father had to spend many hours several times a year to fight the insurance company that kept 'losing' his payments to them and repeatedly cancelling our family's health insurance after my baby sister became very sick.
They had never done that in the 10 years prior to my sister's birth. After that, it was a constant struggle and fight to keep our insurance.
My mom would cry about it. It added so much stress on top of caring for a very very sick baby.
When you’re healthy they love taking your premium payments. The minute you get sick, and start costing them money, they literally want you to die as fast as possible. They’re morally bankrupt institutions. 🤬
Watching after the recent event in Manhattan. Highest denial rate. My daughter closed her speech clinic because she was worn out dealing with insurance companies
They literally try and break you as a provider - morally void and shameful institutions.
You got it!! Cardiologist told my mother he was no longer accepting United Healthcare for the very same reasons you articulated so well. So my 90 year old mother is beside herself (and me too) about how to pay the doctor.
It’s a tragic state of affairs. Their goal is to break doctors into submission. 🤬
Big Thanks to you and May God Bless you and your staff for the hard work you have done and still doing!!! Once again Thank you, God Bless you Doctor!!!
Appreciate you. Many thanks! 🙏🏽
Oh man that is evil!!!!! They need to investigate United Healthcare. Because threatening people is against the law.
They are ad evil as they come. Patients and their docs must speak out. 🙏🏽
Disgusting. The fact that this has been going on for years and nothing has been done to fix it is unjustifiable. Then we are surprised people turn to violence and cheer for a murder.
3 years ago! wow! THANK YOU!!!! the language you are using is well deserved!
Been fighting this heinous company in various capacities for over a decade! 🤯😡
It's not embezzlement, it's extortion.
Call it what you want - it’s shameful.
Wow. Thank you for this video. I thot only enrollees were scammed. It is eye-opening that even doctors are scammed. Patients have to fight for care and doctors need to fight to get paid?!!! This is a “disadvantage criminal plan”. Im so sorry for you, doctor. You go to school for years only to get harassed and robbed!! Thank you for letting us know the provider’s side of the story. So mad. Sue!
It’s an infuriating system designed to scam patients and their docs. Shameful. 🤬
I think class action lawsuit against them and just keep going down the line. Doctors have to get involved and stop being cowards. As an African American Doc, I recognize that it takes courage but for the sake of our patients and our families we must take action. I remind myself that if Rosa Parks had not refused to sit in the back of the bus, would I even be a physician today . We need “Rosa Parks” courage . It’s in each of us, let’s show it!!
Yessir! We all MUST be vocal! 👊🏽
I hope the jury gets to hear this.
I’m a medical biller and I 100% understand this Doctor frustration
It’s a disaster. 🤬
WOWY!!! Thank You for sharing this awful though helpful information! I have UHC and the one time I 'tried' to use them to cover the cost of a $25. cane, they put me through such a ridiculous hassle for 3+ weeks!!! The same kind of back-and-forth useless nonsense as described in this video! I was finally awarded Medicaid, who then covered me for the cost of a cane within less than one day! (& shortly after that, I was able to purchase a 2nd cane at Aldi for $8.).
UHC couldn’t care less about patients. They only care about maximizing profits. They are a spineless company lacking any moral compass.
These companies get in the way of doctors and other healthcare professionals being able to effectively do their jobs. You are exactly right; these companies need to be stopped. There's a very good reason other comparable countries don't have this system.
Yup - an unscrupulous middleman profiting off the backs of patients and their docs! 🤬
If they are still behaving that way United needs a class action lawsuit!
They sure do! Patients and their docs need to be vocal.