The Glade 4.0

I have never argued that it's standard procedure.

However, that doesn't mean it does not happen, and it does not mean it's not a matter of policy for insurance companies.

I just want to point out that if calling an argument disingenuous is tantamount to calling the poster a liar, calling my argument BS would also qualify.

I have never argued that it's standard procedure. However, that doesn't mean it does not happen, and it does not mean it's not a matter of policy for insurance companies. For more information, you can read the transcripts of the grilling the Insurance CEOs got in front of congress for these practices. While a small percentage of their overall insureds are dropped using recission, it still amounts to thousands of people dropped by their insurance company because their high dollar claim tripped a flag and triggered an automatic investigation.

You just did...

Careful now, you are conflating some things that I didn't intend to conflate.

Yes, insurance companies as a policy use recission to try and avoid paying for very expensive claims. No, they don't do that all the time. Just because they don't do it all the time doesn't mean they don't do it frequently enough to be a concern. And it's always a concern for the people most adversely affected. It *does* kill people that would otherwise have had a fighting chance to survive.

How the right can support that sort of situation, and then go ballistic over a situation like Terry Shiavo is beyond me.

Corporate bureaucrats make those decisions all the time. They get a big claim for a serious illness, and they send that case up for investigation. They do everything in their power to find some technicality to drop the insured, pretty much signing their death warrant.

Generally, all claims over a certain dollar amount are referred for investigation.

Well, yes. However, you are trying to argue that I said this happens all the time (that insurance companies kill folks all the time by denying their claims), and that's not an entirely accurate representation of the argument I was endeavoring to make.

Well, yes. However, you are trying to argue that I said this happens all the time (that insurance companies kill folks all the time by denying their claims), and that's not an entirely accurate representation of the argument I was endeavoring to make.

Corporate bureaucrats make those decisions all the time. They get a big claim for a serious illness, and they send that case up for investigation. They do everything in their power to find some technicality to drop the insured, pretty much signing their death warrant.

I have never argued that it's standard procedure.

No, you claimed...



Nitefox called you on making such a statement that inferred that this was common practice of insurance companies without backing up the claim.

To which you responded..



When in fact, that is exactly what you claimed.

Ladas - I'm simply saying that it *is* common practice among the insurance companies. However, they don't always find the technicalities they need to deny coverage.

Why should the person with a pre-existing Acne diagnosis that he didn't even know about be denied coverage for cancer treatment? In that case, a technicality allowed the insurance company to drop this person, even though the patient never knew about his diagnosis, and it had no bearing on his cancer.

The insurance companies don't always find those technicalities, but they very frequently seek them out. Do you see the difference?

Ladas - I'm simply saying that it *is* common practice among the insurance companies. However, they don't always find the technicalities they need to deny coverage.

Why should the person with a pre-existing Acne diagnosis that he didn't even know about be denied coverage for cancer treatment? In that case, a technicality allowed the insurance company to drop this person, even though the patient never knew about his diagnosis, and it had no bearing on his cancer.

The insurance companies don't always find those technicalities, but they very frequently seek them out. Do you see the difference?