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Tag: Health Insurance

Insurance prior authorization takes doctors away from patients during COVID-19 pandemic

Insurance prior authorization takes doctors away from patients during COVID-19 pandemic

May 1, 2020 | Featured, Health Insurance, News

Medical providers are doing everything possible to fight the coronavirus pandemic. “We’re seeing the incredible commitment of doctors, nurses and other care providers during this public health crisis,” says Terry Wilcox, executive director of Patients Rising, a...
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Open Enrollment: Beware These Insurance Barriers & PBM Schemes

Open Enrollment: Beware These Insurance Barriers & PBM Schemes

Nov 8, 2019 | Health Insurance, News

Every year, patients struggle to pick the right health insurance during open enrollment. That difficult task is made harder by insurance companies and pharmacy benefit managers. “Formularies, specialty tiers, prior authorization — health insurance might as well...
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Punished for insurance? Insured patients pay more for same care

Punished for insurance? Insured patients pay more for same care

Sep 11, 2019 | Health Insurance, News

Two patients with the same symptoms receive the same treatment at the same hospital. Same bill, right? Patient Patti Joiner learned the hard way that insurance isn’t health care when she visited a Texas emergency room along with her mother experiencing the same flu...
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NY lawmakers consider reforms to protect patients from mid-year insurance changes

Aug 6, 2019 | Health Insurance, News

When patients sign up for health insurance, we’re locked into our health insurance plans for a full year. If we stop paying, they stop covering. But, the same isn’t true for powerful insurance companies. In many states, including New York, big insurance companies can...
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