Tag: corporate greed in healthcare

November 24, 2025

By Brenda Gazzar

Love your Medicare Advantage plan? It does NOT love you back

THIS TIME ON CODE WACK! Will Humana and UnitedHealth Group be found by the courts to have prematurely denied or cut off physician-ordered post-acute care for Medicare Advantage members using AI models with error rates as high as 90%? […]

Tags: healthcare inequities, Health Equity, physician burnout, Public Health, doctor-patient relationship, Code WACK! podcast, medical ethics, corporate greed in healthcare, delayed care, HEAL California, patient rights, Medicare Advantage denials, Medicare for all, Health Policy, AI in healthcare, Patient Advocacy, Affordable Healthcare, health insurance appeals, Medicaid cuts, post-acute care, brenda gazzar, Center for Health and Democracy, Jeremy White InHumana, Elder Care Challenges, chronic illness, skilled nursing coverage, Single-Payer Healthcare, prior authorization

November 17, 2025

By Brenda Gazzar

BS, Gaslighting & AI: Demystifying the health insurance denial process

THIS TIME ON CODE WACK! Imagine watching your mom suffer a stroke and two seizures that left her unable to use her right side… and then having her Medicare Advantage health insurer deny coverage for the nursing home […]

Tags: post-acute care, brenda gazzar, Center for Health and Democracy, Jeremy White InHumana, Elder Care Challenges, chronic illness, skilled nursing coverage, Single-Payer Healthcare, prior authorization, healthcare inequities, Health Equity, physician burnout, Public Health, doctor-patient relationship, Code WACK! podcast, medical ethics, corporate greed in healthcare, delayed care, HEAL California, patient rights, Medicare Advantage denials, Medicare for all, Health Policy, AI in healthcare, Patient Advocacy, Affordable Healthcare, health insurance appeals, Medicaid cuts

November 10, 2025

By Brenda Gazzar

Profit, Prejudice and the Price of Care

THIS TIME ON CODE WACK! How do health insurance hassles, such as denials and preauthorizations, exacerbate inequities in our broken healthcare system? How do they rob physicians of precious time caring for patients and even jeopardize […]

Tags: chronic illness, Health Equity, prior authorization, HEAL California, Public Health, physician burnout, Medicare for all, Code WACK! podcast, doctor-patient relationship, Healthcare Costs, insurance denials, medical ethics, Healthcare Access, corporate greed in healthcare, delayed care, Healthcare Reform, patient rights, medical system reform, Patient Advocacy, Health Policy, Affordable Healthcare, brenda gazzar, Medicaid cuts, Healthcare Justice, Center for Health and Democracy, Single-Payer Healthcare

November 3, 2025

By Brenda Gazzar

When Insurers Play Doctor: How Corporate Greed Ties Physicians’ Hands and Harms Patients

THIS TIME ON CODE WACK! Why can working as a doctor in America feel like being on a battleground? What questionable tactics are insurance companies using? How are they affecting patients and physicians alike? And when coverage […]

Tags: patient rights, medical system reform, Patient Advocacy, Health Policy, Affordable Healthcare, brenda gazzar, Medicaid cuts, Healthcare Justice, Center for Health and Democracy, Single-Payer Healthcare, chronic illness, Health Equity, prior authorization, HEAL California, Public Health, physician burnout, Medicare for all, Code WACK! podcast, doctor-patient relationship, Healthcare Costs, insurance denials, medical ethics, Healthcare Access, corporate greed in healthcare, delayed care, Healthcare Reform

February 3, 2025

By Brenda Gazzar

Murder, Money & Medicine: The United Healthcare CEO Tragedy and America’s Insurance Crisis

THIS TIME ON CODE WACK! This time on Code WACK! The strong reactions to the tragic murder of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson by alleged killer Luigi Mangione are bringing renewed attention to the abuses of for-profit health […]

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