Tag: Public Health

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Sláintecare: Could Ireland’s Universal Healthcare Model Work in the U.S.?

          THIS TIME ON CODE WACK!   How is Ireland’s plan for single-tier, universal health care, known as Sláintecare, funded? Is it sustainable long term? What improvements has the nation’s healthcare system seen so far – and what can America learn […]

How Ireland is Fixing Its Healthcare System – And What the U.S. Can Learn

          THIS TIME ON CODE WACK!   In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, we’re featuring Ireland’s healthcare reform agenda known as Sláintecare. What healthcare challenges have plagued the country – and how will Sláintecare help? To find out, we interviewed Dr. […]