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“It may not actually be a doctor who determines whether your procedure or prescription is medically necessary.”
Was Your Health Insurance Claim Denied by an Algorithm? Thousands Are.
PIRG | Patricia Kelmar, Lincoln Crockett | July 3, 2023
“Underinsurance may affect almost 25% of the population, and in 2022, 39% of them were paying off medical debt. Around the nation in February 2022, there were 230 million people with credit reports and nearly 13% had medical debt in collections.”
Health Insurance Rate Is High, But So Is Medical Debt
Medical Economics | Richard Payerchin, Logan Lutton | June 30, 2023
“The insurance companies don’t offer anything. They serve as a roadblock…. The only way forward is Medicare for All.”
Medicare Advantage Insurers Are Making Bank by Denying Care to Seniors
Jacobin | Matthew Cunningham-Cook | June 29, 2023
“This decision will hasten the deaths of Black people in this country and we already die prematurely.” – Dr. Uché Blackstock, physician and founder of Advancing Health Equity.
Medical Schools Will Be Even Less Diverse After Affirmative Action Ruling, Experts Say
NBC News | Char Adams | June 29, 2023
“Some legal experts said [Dr. Ingrid] Skop’s rationale … doesn’t meet the bar for standing because the connection between the FDA’s approval of the pill and the alleged harm is too far removed.”
US Abortion Pill Access Could Hinge On Whether Doctors Had Right to Sue
Reuters | Tom Hals | June 29, 2023
“…how often insurance companies say no is a closely held secret…The lack of transparency is especially galling because state and federal regulators have the power to fix it, but haven’t.”
How Often Do Health Insurers Say No to Patients? No One Knows.
ProPublica | Robin Fields | June 28, 2023
“…declining to pay for patients’ treatments is ‘a handy way for insurers to keep revenue high.’”
New Reporting on Insurance Claim Denials Highlights ‘Scam’ of For-Profit Healthcare
Common Dreams | Jake Johnson | June 28, 2023
“Development finance institutions run by wealthy countries have fueled ‘a free-for-all of private greed over public good’….”
Oxfam Reveals How Rich Nations Are Helping For-Profit Health Industry Exploit Poor Patients
Common Dreams | Jake Johnson | June 26, 2023
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