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Evil private insurance companies deny medical claims at twice the rate of government-run Medicare…oh, wait

My bad.  I had that backwards.  Hate it when that happens.

Anywho, details:

According to the American Medical Association’s National Health Insurer Report Card for 2008, the government’s health plan, Medicare, denied medical claims at nearly double the average for private insurers: Medicare denied 6.85% of claims. The highest private insurance denier was Aetna @ 6.8%, followed by Anthem Blue Cross @ 3.44, with an average denial rate of medical claims by private insurers of 3.88%

In its 2009 National Health Insurer Report Card, the AMA reports that Medicare denied only 4% of claims–a big improvement, but outpaced better still by the private insurers. The prior year’s high private denier, Aetna, reduced denials to 1.81%–an astounding 75% improvement–with similar declines by all other private insurers, to average only 2.79%.

But hey, those mean ol’ insurance companies sure do suck, don’t they?  I’m sure that once a government-run system like Medicare goes from covering a few million to a couple hundred million people, stories like this will be totally isolated!

December 21, 2009 - Posted by crushliberalism | big government, health care, socialism