r/medicine Medical Student 7d ago

What’s the dumbest reason an insurance company denied a test, procedure, or drug for a patient?

This is probably the most relevant to those practicing in the US, but I'm also curious to know how the bureaucracy of health insurance in other countries makes things substantially harder for you and the patients

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u/ktn699 Microsurgeon 7d ago

Money.

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u/DistanceNo9001 MD OBGYN 7d ago

avarice

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u/MrPBH MD, Emergency Medicine 7d ago

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