After the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, Dr. Elisabeth Potter shared a harrowing experience with the company's profit-driven practices. Forced to interrupt a surgery for insurance approval, she highlighted the dangerous impact of prioritizing profits over patient care. #HealthcareHorrorStories
I can imagine the tone of that conversation where some khaki-wearing bean counter forces a surgeon to scrub out to debate the necessity of surgery on an open patient.