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Opinion: Insurance companies second guessing physicians is no way to run our health care system
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An ambulance in parked at the Northeast Georgia Medical Center emergency room Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019, after bringing a patient into the hospital. - photo by Scott Rogers
Reading the Nov. 8 edition of The Times moved me to share firsthand how Anthem and other large insurers are assuming the roles of treating physicians in today’s health care arena. Though I understand from 35 years as a human resources practitioner that there are usually at least two sides to any argument, I would like to weigh in on the state of the Anthem issue from the standpoints of a concerned caregiver of both of my parents and as a former employee of NGHS.