Tag: prior authorization

December 1, 2025

‘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: 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, Medicare for all, Medicaid cuts, Jeremy White InHumana, Patient Advocacy, Center for Health and Democracy, healthcare inequities, chronic illness

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: 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, medical ethics, corporate greed in healthcare, delayed care, HEAL California, patient rights, Medicare Advantage denials

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: 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, healthcare inequities, Health Equity, physician burnout, Public Health, doctor-patient relationship

November 10, 2025

By Brenda Gazzar

Podcast

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: 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, 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

November 3, 2025

By Brenda Gazzar

Podcast

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: 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