"At the American Medical Association’s annual meeting this week, members of the group’s House of Delegates are sending a direct message to their leaders: Call out Kennedy, even if it costs us in the pocketbook.

That message was stated most clearly in the election of Sandra Fryhofer, an internist from Atlanta and uncompromising Kennedy critic, as AMA president-elect."

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/10/ama-doctors-physicians-rfk-vaccines-00957489

#healthcare #PublicHealth #AMA #physicians #medicaid #medicare #vaccines #lgbtq #transgender #USpol

Report finds high denial rates at UnitedHealth, two other Medicare Advantage plans

The nation’s largest for-profit Medicare Advantage insurers denied pre-approval requests for post-hospital care 51% to 80% of the time, the study says. The industry says the findings paint a flawed picture.

https://www.startribune.com/report-finds-high-denial-rates-at-unitedhealth-two-other-medicare-advantage-plans/601855968

#TopNews #News #MedicareAdvantage #UnitedHealth #Medicare

The Threat of Big Insurance

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://prospect.org/2026/06/11/threat-of-big-insurance-lobbying-congress-donations/

These private Medicare plans denied specialized care at highest rates

Large private health insurance companies routinely denied requests to get rehabilitation or other post-hospital specialized care, federal agency says.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2026/06/11/private-insurers-deny-older-american-requests-medicare/90505322007/

#TopNews #News #Medicare #MedicareAdvantage #Humana

This looks like a thinly-veiled attempt by the government to prevent fraud. All it will do is increase the administrative burden to patients seeking healthcare.

#auspol #medicare

And there it is folks: #MikeJohnson & Fat Loser are coming for your SOCIAL SECURITY & MEDICARE/MEDICAID.

He's coming after American earned benefits & calling them 'entitlements' to swindle them from retirees "to fix the deficit" they caused.

#trump #socialsecurity #Medicare #medicaid

#USPol #Medicare

From NBC News.com: Medicare Advantage plans denied prior authorization requests at unusually high rates, HHS report finds

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/medicare-advantage-plans-denied-prior-authorization-requests-unusually-rcna349467