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Doctor WHO spoke against Unitedhealthcare turns to Gofundme after “fainting”
Jul
AND Texas A surgeon whose criticism Unitedhealthare’s Exception of coverage has become viral, is now looking for public support through Gofundme after you have financially suffering from alleged retaliation by the insurance giant.
@Drellisabethpotter Let’s be real. I talked to a large insurance company and now I am punished for it. But don’t give up. It is not in the blood. I heard you ask, and if you want to help, I started Gofundme (link in BIO), in which you can read the details and consider the contribution. Just appearing and following means the world for me. I will keep it transparent so that we can all see what the drug in the US in 2025 is and I hope that we will build something better for all of us.
In January Dr. Elisabeth Potter was Interrupted medium surgery By a representative of Unitedhealthare, who questions the need for a night stay in a hospital for her patient undergoing breast reconstruction. Potter has provided a video about Tiktok, emphasizing what she described as a growing burden of insurance bureaucracy in the field of patient care.
In response, Unitedhealthcare reportedly sent Potter a legal letter, demanding that she remove the video and apologize – troops that, he claims, were to silence her. Instead, Potter published an online letter as further evidence of her criticism.
“The reality is that my practice is huge, which has a lot to do with the fact that I have spoken,” said Potter in her latest Tiktok update.
Potter, who spent over a decade, providing advanced breast reconstruction in Austin, admitted that she began to feel financial repercussions. He claims that Unitedhealthare has stopped working with its consultants and excluded its newly built outpatient center of outpatient surgery. The designation from outside the network means that Potter patients can see it via the hospital at much higher costs or pay higher indicators outside the network.
@Drellisabethpotter Last night I got a late phone from a breast surgeon here in Austin, Texas. Her 22-year-old patient-will be a few days after mastectomy-a fire surgeon she saw, is beyond her, and her insurance does not cover any care outside the net. So what now? The breast surgeon called me and asked for a favor, knowing that I am taking such matters, even if the payments are low … too low to cover the costs for me and my practice … because I think it is appropriate. My team does everything in our power to see her this week and approve her. But that’s the point: it’s not one -off. This is another example that having insurance does not mean that you have access to care. These narrow networks do not fail to fail. This young woman now has cancer. Now he needs surgery. And we don’t have the luxury of time to wait for a change in politics. The sad reality is that I can’t afford to do it for patients, even though I want to. We need a better system for patients and doctors trying to look after them. I believe we can fix it. But we need government help. We need regulations to change and we don’t have time luxury.
“It’s hard to believe it’s not retaliation,” Potter wrote In her appeal Gofundme. “By refusing to enable my center on the network, they damage my ability to conduct profitable practice and pay off borrowed money.”
Potter has invested millions in the center to offer cheaper, specialist care for patients with breast cancer. But without insurance contracts, he says, the financial strain pushed her to the edge of insolvency.
He now asks the society for help in maintaining its open practice and continue to tell the reform in the system, which he calls arranged in relation to patients and independent doctors. “I’m not afraid of the upcoming work,” said Potter. “But I need help.”
