Tag: Health Equity

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Need care but lack insurance? Check out these free & low-cost options

      THIS TIME ON CODE WACK! Millions of Americans are expected to forgo buying health insurance starting in 2026 as the cost of their coverage soars. Others who currently qualify for Medicaid may find the rules have changed and they are no longer […]

Survival strategies if you lose your health insurance

          THIS TIME ON CODE WACK!   With millions of Americans poised to lose their health coverage due to government cuts to Medicaid and other health programs, what can you do to protect your health and access to care? If you […]

Think Trump’s Medicaid Cuts Won’t Hit You? Think Again

            THIS TIME ON CODE WACK!   What will happen when Medicaid is slashed for millions of people as a result of Trump’s H.R. 1, the so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill?”  How will the largest rollback of the social safety […]

Medicaid Saved My Mom’s Life – But Trump Could End It for Millions

          THIS TIME ON CODE WACK!   While not perfect, Medicaid has served as a lifeline for millions of impoverished Americans, including Jennifer Wells and her mother, who suffered a brain aneurysm years ago. But that lifeline will soon be taken […]

Labor Day: How Trump’s Policies Threaten Workers’ Rights, Safety & Retirement

          THIS TIME ON CODE WACK!   What happens when millions are stripped of Medicaid coverage? Who shoulders the costs when hospitals are forced to care for more uninsured patients? And how will unions and the workers they represent bear the […]