"With biblical references and a bullet point chart, Trump administration officials, two Republican members of Congress and even an actor who played a doctor on TV – Eric Dane of Grey’s Anatomy – laid out their hopes for insurers to implement this voluntary agreement that they said covered 275 million Americans."

#healthinsurance #priorauthorizations #rfkjr #droz

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/23/rfk-jr-dr-oz-prior-authorization-health-insurance

RFK Jr and Dr Oz announce insurers’ ‘pledge’ to reform prior authorization

Health secretary and chief of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid hail voluntary agreement as a ‘good start’

The Guardian

Email2Toot Robot. Please see entry below for author.

Propublica Article: Denial of Medical Claims

/All,

I am sharing Dr. Linden's post below with permission.

You may also wish to see her opinion article from October 22nd in the
Delaware Bay to Bay News in which she primarily outlines deterioration
to medical care through the intrusion of big business.  She also ties
the future of medical care to election results:
https://baytobaynews.com/stories/linden-improvement-in-health-care-depends-on-election,148362

Michael Reeder LCPC
Baltimore, MD

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There is an excellent article in yesterday's Propublica about how
companies like Unitedhealthcare, Cigna, and Aetna are using affiliated
companies like Evicore to deny tens of millions of claims a year.

It is unclear in the article whether this includes mental health claims.
However it is relevant to our own medical insurance and that of our clients.

I urge you to read the whole article

https://www.propublica.org/article/evicore-health-insurance-denials-cigna-unitedhealthcare-aetna-prior-authorizations

Jill Linden, Ph.D.
psychologist, retired
Delaware

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#insurance #claims #aetna #unitedhealth #cigna #priorauthorizations
#claimspayments #medicalclaims #EviCore#healthcare #denials
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Linden: Improvement in health care depends on election

Medical care in this country has gotten much worse, and the result of the upcoming election will determine if it improves.

Bay to Bay News
Healthcare providers spend billions to cope with the absurdity of #PriorAuthorizations run amok. Patients suffer #MedicalHarm. Health insurers keep more #profits and bear no responsibility for the harm they cause.
https://conscienhealth.org/2024/03/the-absurdly-profitable-business-of-prior-authorizations/
The Absurdly Profitable Business of Prior Authorizations - ConscienHealth

Prior authorizations are a driving force in the burnout of physicians, denial of medical care, and the profitability of health insurance.

ConscienHealth
Representatives unveil Medicare Advantage gold-card legislation

Two US representatives have introduced a gold-card bill to exempt qualifying providers from Medicare Advantage prior authorization requirements.