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ResourceBCBS Goes To Therapy
Blue Cross is sent to therapy and complains that hospitals are using AI to maximize billing, while admitting insurers use AI to deny …
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ResourceWhy UnitedHealthcare Really Cut 1700 Prior Authorizations
Jimothy confronts his boss about a headline claim that UnitedHealthcare removed many services from prior authorization, and Flanary …
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ResourceThe Break Up Big Medicine Act | ft. Senator Elizabeth Warren
A patient bounces between a doctor's office, insurer, pharmacy, and pharmacy benefit manager only to discover the same person …
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ResourcePrior Authorizations Suck: Peer-to-Peer Calls
A satirical sketch built from peer-to-peer prior authorization calls, with Jimothy-style insurer characters denying dialysis, ACL …
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ResourceDoctors Aren't The Problem
Flanary stages a mock interrogation in which a doctor is accused of keeping patients sick, while personified pharmaceutical, …
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ResourceMy Thoughts On The United Healthcare CEO Murder
In a direct-to-camera commentary rather than a sketch, Flanary responds to the murder of the UnitedHealthcare chief executive. He …
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ResourceNo More General Anesthesia
Flanary plays an anesthesiologist confronting Jimothy, a recurring insurance employee character, over a new insurer rule that would …
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Resource30 Days of US Healthcare: 26th Birthday Party
This 30 Days of US Healthcare sketch crashes a young man's twenty-sixth birthday party with a call from a personified …
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Resource30 Days of US Healthcare: Job Benefits
A short dialogue in the 30 Days of US Healthcare series, presented here with Arabic captions, about a new job and employer-sponsored …
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Resource30 Days of US Healthcare: Out of Pocket Maximum
This 30 Days of US Healthcare sketch features a patient celebrating that he has hit his annual out-of-pocket maximum after paying …
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Resource30 Days of US Healthcare: Co-payments
This 30 Days of US Healthcare sketch introduces the co-payment as another executive invention proudly presented to a reluctant …
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Resource30 Days of US Healthcare: Deductibles
This 30 Days of US Healthcare sketch, presented here with Arabic captions, stages the invention of the deductible as an executive …
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ResourceChoosing a Health Insurance Plan
A new employee choosing a health plan is walked through an absurd menu of insurance options by HR, each plan defined by a catch: …
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ResourceDental Insurance Doesn’t Make Sense
Jimothy questions his insurance boss about why dental coverage is separated from medical coverage, and Flanary uses the exchange to …
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ResourceNo More Emergencies
Jimothy's insurance boss announces the company will stop paying for emergency care because emergencies are expensive, and Flanary …
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ResourceAn Important Message from United Healthcare
Flanary plays a UnitedHealthcare CEO delivering a holiday message urging patients to delay expensive care until January, after …
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ResourceHow to Order a Medication
A clinician tries to get coverage for a prescribed medication, an EpiPen for a child with severe peanut allergy, and Flanary stages …
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ResourcePrivate Equity Buys Anesthesia
Flanary stages a pitch in which Bartholomew Banks, his recurring private equity character, approaches an anesthesiologist frustrated …
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ResourceHow to Get an MRI
A doctor calls the prior authorization line for a brain MRI for a patient with symptoms the sketch describes as concerning for a …
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ResourceFlesh Covered Bags of Money
During CPR and AED awareness week, Jimothy asks his insurance boss to approve defibrillator claims, and the boss explains a …
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ResourceHappy Bonus Day
In an insurer's office, staff present their chief executive with a cake to celebrate a large bonus, while recurring insurance …
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ResourcePrior Authorizations For Everybody!
Jimothy's boss wants to require prior authorization for every cataract surgery to delay care and hold onto premiums, and Flanary …
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ResourceHow US Health Insurance Works
A patient calls an insurer, personified by Flanary, to ask why a hospital bill was not paid despite monthly premiums. The sketch …
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