Ryan Knutson

I mean, ultimately, I think that, you know, the system was set up for a society that truly believes in, you know, that the cheapest, best way to run things is through a marketplace. Right. And checks and balances. I mean, this is the way this was set up originally. I mean, the insurer in some ways is it is the check and balance of the system itself.

I mean, ultimately, I think that, you know, the system was set up for a society that truly believes in, you know, that the cheapest, best way to run things is through a marketplace. Right. And checks and balances. I mean, this is the way this was set up originally. I mean, the insurer in some ways is it is the check and balance of the system itself.

I mean, ultimately, I think that, you know, the system was set up for a society that truly believes in, you know, that the cheapest, best way to run things is through a marketplace. Right. And checks and balances. I mean, this is the way this was set up originally. I mean, the insurer in some ways is it is the check and balance of the system itself.

so that doctors can't sort of run amok and rack up a lot of medical expenses that are unnecessary, tests that are unnecessary just to get themselves paid.

so that doctors can't sort of run amok and rack up a lot of medical expenses that are unnecessary, tests that are unnecessary just to get themselves paid.

so that doctors can't sort of run amok and rack up a lot of medical expenses that are unnecessary, tests that are unnecessary just to get themselves paid.

Sometimes there are a number of cheaper options available to a patient that they should be trying first before they skip right to, you know, a really expensive test, for instance, like an MRI, or even after the MRI that they continue in physical therapy before they get surgery. There's a stepwise process that, you know, health insurers use to try to keep costs down.

Sometimes there are a number of cheaper options available to a patient that they should be trying first before they skip right to, you know, a really expensive test, for instance, like an MRI, or even after the MRI that they continue in physical therapy before they get surgery. There's a stepwise process that, you know, health insurers use to try to keep costs down.

Sometimes there are a number of cheaper options available to a patient that they should be trying first before they skip right to, you know, a really expensive test, for instance, like an MRI, or even after the MRI that they continue in physical therapy before they get surgery. There's a stepwise process that, you know, health insurers use to try to keep costs down.

They say that what happens is that patients who might really need treatment sort of now end up either waiting for treatment or sometimes the delay to get that treatment means that the patient's condition worsens or that they actually lose that patient.

They say that what happens is that patients who might really need treatment sort of now end up either waiting for treatment or sometimes the delay to get that treatment means that the patient's condition worsens or that they actually lose that patient.

They say that what happens is that patients who might really need treatment sort of now end up either waiting for treatment or sometimes the delay to get that treatment means that the patient's condition worsens or that they actually lose that patient.

So one doctor I talked to had someone who was, they really needed an MRI that day, but because they were waiting for the pre-approval process, they had to send that patient home, wait 10 days, then, you know, her son had to try to get time off to bring her back for the MRI treatment. Often it's in that gap that patients just disappear.

So one doctor I talked to had someone who was, they really needed an MRI that day, but because they were waiting for the pre-approval process, they had to send that patient home, wait 10 days, then, you know, her son had to try to get time off to bring her back for the MRI treatment. Often it's in that gap that patients just disappear.

So one doctor I talked to had someone who was, they really needed an MRI that day, but because they were waiting for the pre-approval process, they had to send that patient home, wait 10 days, then, you know, her son had to try to get time off to bring her back for the MRI treatment. Often it's in that gap that patients just disappear.

And what that's supposed to mean is that your doctor is matched up with a doctor inside the health insurance company to review your case and determine whether or not that care is needed.

And what that's supposed to mean is that your doctor is matched up with a doctor inside the health insurance company to review your case and determine whether or not that care is needed.

And what that's supposed to mean is that your doctor is matched up with a doctor inside the health insurance company to review your case and determine whether or not that care is needed.

Now, some of these doctors are frustrated because the peer that they might be matched up with might not be someone who is in their specialty at all. So you might have an oncologist who's trying to have a peer-to-peer review with someone who's a family doctor or general practitioner, for instance.

Now, some of these doctors are frustrated because the peer that they might be matched up with might not be someone who is in their specialty at all. So you might have an oncologist who's trying to have a peer-to-peer review with someone who's a family doctor or general practitioner, for instance.