Tag: post-acute care

December 8, 2025

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 […]

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

December 1, 2025

By Brenda Gazzar

Podcast

‘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? […]

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

November 24, 2025

By Brenda Gazzar

Podcast

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: 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, 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

November 17, 2025

By Brenda Gazzar

Podcast

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: 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, healthcare inequities, Health Equity, physician burnout, Public Health, doctor-patient relationship, Code WACK! podcast