RE: Now Here's a Controversial Opinion on the United Healthcare Executive's Murder
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The idea is not punishment. The doctor say puts a diagnosis of hypothyroidism but her handwriting is really poor, and the it looks like hyperthyroidism and the treatment prescribed is not something that treats hyperthyroidism. When you take it to the insurance for approval the administrator can say "no." Now, there is no malpractice because the error is caught. The patient doesn't get the wrong medicine. This is the kind of problem I had once.
The clerical error shouldn't happen. If people have really poor handwriting, we pretty much can type everything including prescriptions. However I do have a feeling higher level problems could happen. There should be a double budget in an insurance company. The value of 80% of the premium should go to customer payouts and be inaccessible except for payouts. The 20% should be for running the company.