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“Some lawmakers and others have raised concerns that prior authorization requirements and processes, including the use of artificial intelligence to review requests, impose barriers and delays to receiving necessary care….”
Medicare Advantage Plan Denials for Prior Authorization Set Record at 3.4 Million
McKnights Senior Living | Kathleen Steele Gaivin | August 12, 2024
“At stake is a choice between leaving individuals more or less to their own devices in a highly unequal society, or recognizing that healthcare – and the eradication of inequity – is a collective responsibility.”
Healthcare at a Crossroads
LA Progressive | Andrew Moss | August 9, 2024
“Under previous Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) rules, DACA recipients were not [considered] ‘lawfully present’…. That’s led many DACA recipients, particularly those without employer-provided insurance or the means to self-finance health insurance, to fall out of coverage.”
15 State AGs Sue Biden Administration Over Obamacare Coverage for ‘Dreamers’
The Hill | Nathaniel Weixel | August 9, 2024
“…of the 4.3 million people enrolled in CVS’s [Medicare Advantage] plans and the 6.2 million in Humana’s plans … most will find they’re trapped in a circle of hell created by the insurance industry, unable to stay in their current Medicare Advantage plan but also unable to return to traditional Medicare….”
America’s Seniors Are About to Pay a High Price for Wall Street’s Growing Disenchantment with Medicare Advantage
HEALTH CARE un-covered | Wendell Potter | August 8, 2024
“The long-awaited plan offers America’s seniors access to new technologies that have been cleared by the Food and Drug Administration but still have outstanding questions.”
Cutting-Edge Medical Devices Will Soon Be Covered By Medicare
Axios | Maya Goldman | August 8, 2024
“America needs to do better with their health care system because there’s no way why me, an American girl, should be so amazed by free health care….”
This Athlete’s Favorite Part of the Olympics? Free Health Care.
The 19th* | Darreonna Davis, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper | August 8, 2024
“There’s been a race among health insurers to merge, acquire or otherwise align with other parts of the health care ecosystem to boost profits and take advantage of their sheer number of connections within the system to drive down costs.”
Insurers’ Big Profits Stem from Care Delivery, Not Core Business
Axios | Tina Reed | August 8, 2024
“To date, almost 25 million people have lost Medicaid coverage….”
Uninsured Rate Jumps to 8.2% Amid Medicaid Unwinding: CDC
Healthcare Dive | Rebecca Pifer | August 7, 2024
“Altogether, Americans are burdened with $220 billion in medical debt. These debts are not from living lavishly; it’s from the basic need to get medical treatment.”
The Senate’s Urgent Call: Addressing the Medical Debt Crisis
Public Citizen | August 5, 2024
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