Tag: Medicaid cuts

The Truth About Canada’s Healthcare Wait Times

          THIS TIME ON CODE WACK!   Today, we’re taking an inside look at Canada’s public health insurance system, known as Medicare. What are the biggest misconceptions Americans have about it?  What works, what doesn’t, and why? And what happens when a public […]

Too Poor for Insurance, Too Sick to Wait: America’s Healthcare Trap

        THIS TIME ON CODE WACK! As of spring 2026, enhanced Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies have not been extended. Without congressional action, millions of Americans could face significantly higher premiums—or lose coverage altogether. Around 22 million people receive ACA premium subsidies, […]

UnitedHealth’s Dangerous Takeover of U.S. Health Care

          THIS TIME ON CODE WACK!   As of spring 2026, enhanced Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies have not been extended. Without congressional action, millions of Americans could face significantly higher premiums, or lose coverage altogether. Around 22 million people receive […]

The hidden forces behind skyrocketing health insurance costs

        THIS TIME ON CODE WACK!   Join us on a deep dive into the hidden forces behind soaring out-of-pocket costs, from rising medical costs to pandemic aftershocks and corporate profit pressures. Our guest, health insurance agent Sherry Davis Johnson, shares eye-opening […]

‘Widespread Panic:’ Rising Premiums and Shrinking Subsidies Explained

      THIS TIME ON CODE WACK!   We’re digging into big questions: Are reduced health insurance subsidies leaving Americans with a bad case of sticker shock? If you’re shopping on the ACA marketplace, what should you watch out for before picking a plan? […]

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%? […]

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 […]