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UnitedHealthcare Is Mad About ‘In Luigi We Trust’ Comments Under a Doctor’s Viral Post

My personal favorite insurance story comes from a neurologist I know. They were trying to get a prior authorization approved for a curative hemispherectomy. For those outside the medical field, that basically boils down to removing half of someone's brain to try to cure an uncontrollable seizure disorder. This is usually limited to patients under 4 years old to maximize motor and language development, but I digress. After much arguing with the insurance representative, it was approved on the grounds that the patient only gets one.

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From a chemistry standpoint, it's mostly symbolic. Unless the poor souls are very close to where he is pouring it in, they wouldn't feel much if anything. It's 2 gallons of at most 30% hydrochloric acid onto 10,000-15,000 gallons of water, the ph probably wouldnt measurably change. Still a total dick move.

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Your problem is you are probably using an impact driver numbers vs impact wrench. Even compact battery impact wrenches can get over 300 ft-lbs of breakaway torque. The beefiest consumer cordless can get over 1000. That'll rip those lug nuts right off.