You make it sound like it's okay for the insurance company, a middleman, to decide someone's healthcare.
But insurance companies aren't collaborators. They rarely add to the process of making you healthier, they only take away options through denials. Seems silly that an insurance company allows a doctor into their network, then repeatedly questions that doctor's decisions (until you remember that insurance companies just want to make money).
> You make it sound like it's okay for the insurance company, a middleman, to decide someone's healthcare.
The insurance company is not deciding someone’s healthcare, they are deciding if they are going to pay for specific healthcare. Providers and patients are free to engage in any healthcare they want.
> Seems silly that an insurance company allows a doctor into their network, then repeatedly questions that doctor's decisions
Why? Does a car insurance company pay a mechanic in their network to replace an engine for a fender bender?
> (until you remember that insurance companies just want to make money).
This is meaningless. Everyone “just” wants to make money.
But insurance companies aren't collaborators. They rarely add to the process of making you healthier, they only take away options through denials. Seems silly that an insurance company allows a doctor into their network, then repeatedly questions that doctor's decisions (until you remember that insurance companies just want to make money).