And here's an example. One of my constituents had a stroke, required hospitalization. This patient had a UnitedHealth Medicare Advantage plan, and UnitedHealth refused to pay for [a patient's] hospitalization because United decided that it was medically unnecessary, overriding the doctor's own medical decision. Now we've got this senior who's in the hospital, can't go home, stuck with a huge bill. And that is just unconscionable. And it is shameful that you're doing this to people on Medicare Advantage. (01:58–02:11)
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Claims UnitedHealth denied payment for a hospitalization deemed necessary by a doctor.
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