UnitedHealthcare Calls Doctor Mid Surgery To Ask If Her Patient’s Overnight Stay Is Necessary

Despite being the subject of a full month of scrutiny in the wake of its CEO's murder, UnitedHealthcare is, somehow, still denying necessary insurance claims — and one surgeon has taken to social media to speak out about it. In a post on TikTok, Texas surgeon Elisabeth Potter seemed flabbergasted by a recent exchange she'd had with a UHC representative who called her when she was in the middle of a procedure to ask if the patient's overnight stay was necessary. "It's 2025," the Austin-based plastic surgeon declared, "and insurance just keeps getting worse." @drelisabethpotter It’s 2025, and navigating insurance [...]