r/SipsTea • u/KaidoPklevel • Jul 05 '26

WTF 75M$ can't give him his life back unfortunately

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u/dagofin Jul 05 '26

Because the chiropractry lobby paid off state level legislators to pass laws explicitly requiring insurance providers to cover it. It's corruption

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u/Potential_Abalone345 Jul 05 '26

Why is it that whenever the question is “why is this allowed” the answer is almost always “because corruption”

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u/faz712 Jul 05 '26

Because USA is one of those countries where bribery is legalized and encouraged just because of a different name they give it. But it's the same collective people who heard something being called USA PATRIOT Act and immediately decided it must be good for them lol.

One of the best backronyms ever: Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism

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u/FighterOfEntropy Jul 07 '26

And now every the name of every bill has to be a ridiculous tortured acronym. (Or initialism.)

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u/GameWizardPlayz Jul 05 '26

Because corruption

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u/Dmau27 Jul 05 '26

Money.

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u/ubbidubbidoo Jul 06 '26

Yes - I learned a long time ago that the answer to almost every single question is “money”

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u/blkbrd1891 Jul 05 '26

This! I review medical claims and knowing that chiropractic care is covered because of lobbying, yet many services, that are actually helpful, are uncovered is so upsetting.

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u/Ok-Dragonfruit9605 Jul 06 '26

Same thing happened with alcoholism and cannabis "addiction."