You’re not paranoid if…

[firecat]

I got a phone call. The person asked for me by my first name. Then he said he was calling from [$MY HEALTH INSURANCE CO] and they wanted to review my medications.

I said “Why?”

He said because their records suggested [$VITAL SIGN] was [$INAPPROPRIATE RANGE] and my treatment was inadequate. He used that tone of voice that suggests I am expected to comply, if you know what I mean.

I said “I don’t want to” and there was a several second pause and I hung up.

I don’t really think it was a scam, but whatever it was, they went about it all wrong.

Opinions welcome. No advice, please.

Comments

[nocturnus33]

It's awful. In Chile, the supreme Court has declared some practises unconstitutional, but it's an eternal fight.

[siderea]

Right now, the legal state of play in the US is that there was a suit brought against a major MH insurer where the plaintiffs argued that certain shenangigans to deny and limit coverage were ERISA violations, and won, but then the appellate court reversed for no ostensible reason, mystifying legal observers and infuriating people following the case.

[nocturnus33]

It is a case for the international court in The Hague. The State can be sued for not protecting its citizens; however, I do not know if people in the USA are accustomed to appealing to these higher instances. We are. It takes years, but works.

ETA: I don't mean Firecat should go, I was talking about the general situation. Sometimes, my poor English doesn't allow me to be precise.