Regarding Healthcare in the United States
Ever wonder why a healthcare provider only accepts some insurance companies and not others? It’s a business plan for market control; there is a certain level of collaboration between malpractice and healthcare insurers. A large portion of malpractice lawsuits are due to either misdiagnosis or delayed diagnosis. In my personal experiences, misdiagnosis or delayed diagnosis is due to the doctors following the diagnostic plan laid out by the person's health insurance provider. For example, my former primary physician dismissed my symptoms for nearly 10 years. I found a new primary physician and she immediately sent me to a specialist. The specialist wanted to do two different tests but the insurance wouldn't approve the second one. He only did the first test, told me what symptoms I had without identifying the problem, and put me on a medication that actually made my condition gradually worse for nearly a year- all because he didn’t want to fight with my insurance company...