@drelisabethpotter: Did we all just witness a moment of bipartisan agreement on insurance companies? Wow… In this exchange, both AOC and RFK Jr. openly acknowledge something patients and physicians have been saying for years, insurance companies are incentivized to make people appear sicker in order to increase profits through upcoding. Upcoding is when diagnoses are documented as more severe or complex than they actually are in order to increase reimbursement. At the same time, patients are facing: • increasing denials • shrinking reimbursement • delayed care • endless administrative barriers • and a healthcare system that too often feels designed around profit instead of people What struck me most about this moment is not the politics. It’s the fact that leaders from completely different sides of the aisle appear to agree that something is deeply broken. Patients know it. Doctors know it. And now more people in power are saying it out loud. Let’s mark this moment and let’s start demanding accountability.
Insurance companies don’t upcode. Hospital and clinic systems do.
2026-05-11 23:00:00
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nobody93620 :
Went to annual appointment that was suppose to be no co pay. Because my doctor asked a question about a previous issue. It ended up costing me a co pay. wtf is this. I didn’t initiate that. She did. What is the point of my annual appt if I can’t talk about everything.
2026-05-11 19:27:59
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Marie Johnson Martin :
As someone with 2 credentials in HIM, I'm concerned about them using AI....
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2026-05-11 18:25:58
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blackbirdsmoon_ :
We need to dismantle private insurance and have a system that works for the patients and healthcare workers.
2026-05-11 18:51:09
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momsnewnewtiktok :
AI denial of medical care will be worse.
2026-05-11 19:04:46
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Kaylyn :
Yeah it's not a democratic or republican issue. It's a world issue and health insurance companies have too much power
2026-05-12 15:21:20
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ProKim :
im confused. insurance companies dont "upcode". facilities and providers do. this sounds like 2 conversations smashed into one. convo 1 is located saying theyre upcoding, saying people are sicker than they are to Medicare. this would be about docs and facilities. convo 2 is about insurance lowering reimbursement rates and increasing denials.
2026-05-12 04:28:25
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Julie DiStefano-Walker :
If aoc and rfk can agree there is a huge problem with insurance companies
2026-05-14 14:28:39
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Matthew Canna :
Patients should be able to sue insurance companies for medical malpractice
2026-05-13 19:09:46
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Dianna Cassar - Hinshaw :
thats great but now they need to fix it!
2026-05-13 14:29:30
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🥾🌲RoamingRichardsons✈️🚗 :
Most people aren’t red or blue anymore. Most of us are in the middle
2026-05-13 01:04:53
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Steve :
I think that’s an agreeable issue on both sides. How to fix it seems to be the issue
2026-05-11 17:52:58
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balletbunion :
I was about to lose my mind if they were going to say doctors- why did they mention upcoding? Insurance companies are automatically DOWN coding E&M codes so doctors get paid less.
2026-05-12 03:37:09
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shamrock26 :
Do you think insurance companies exist for any reason other than profit?
2026-05-14 00:35:59
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Danni Lee :
the use of AI for health insurance is disgusting.
2026-05-12 01:23:47
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Amanda :
We’re in the bad place.
2026-05-11 17:42:18
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T L :
We all know and nothing ever happens!!
2026-05-12 19:53:53
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Mimes the Chi :
Yes accountability please 🙏
2026-05-11 23:31:27
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Ramie :
Insurance companies don’t change the codes or up code that comes from the provider
2026-05-12 20:37:15
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Deanna | Tall Momming + Stuff :
One of the few times she sounds reasonable to me. I’d be on her side if she spoke to things like this more often
2026-05-13 18:05:23
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shinythingand :
I've literally never seen anything come from a congressional hearing ever in my life
2026-05-11 22:15:11
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Jammy :
Then why TF do they constantly bail these companies out
2026-05-11 19:56:17
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Lisa Bratton Thompson :
I love your content. I am a clinical documentation integrity nurse. The denials are insane. some are valid but many are RIDICULOUS
2026-05-11 18:58:21
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Leah @ Harper+Huck :
Let me just say that the AI isn’t that great. Bring back medical coders
2026-05-12 01:44:26
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❌️ Shells ❌️ :
Did I really hear what I thought I heard!? What is being done about it!?
2026-05-11 17:47:55
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