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ICYMI: Corporate Insurance Giants Obstruct and Deny Access to Mental Healthcare; Pressure Providers to Withhold Care

A new investigation from ProPublica sheds light on the shocking lengths to which some corporate insurers go to avoid paying for mental health services that Americans desperately need.  Certain corporate insurance companies underpay and obstruct providers and refuse to approve coverage for patients’ treatments. They may intervene to pressure providers to reduce or prematurely terminate […]

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POLITICO Event Explores How Healthcare Innovations Empower Providers to Improve Patient Care

WASHINGTON — On Wednesday, September 18, the Coalition to Strengthen America’s Healthcare sponsored an event hosted by POLITICO  exploring how healthcare innovations, such as telehealth, AI and other emerging technologies empower providers to focus more time and resources on patients.   The event featured an executive conversation with Nancy Howell Agee, CEO of Carilion Clinic

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Coalition Launches Seven-Figure Ad Campaign on Value of Hospital Care, Need to Hold Corporate Insurers Accountable

New Ad Contrasts the Critical, 24/7 Care Hospitals Provide with Certain Corporate Insurers’ Delays and Denials of Care WASHINGTON — The Coalition to Strengthen America’s Healthcare today launched a new national seven-figure digital, cable, and broadcast advertising campaign focused on protecting patients’ access to 24/7 care across America and holding corporate insurers accountable for delaying

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National Senior Citizens Day Underscores Urgent Need for Medicare Advantage Reform, Highlights Corporate Insurer Abuse of Current Program

Many seniors receive health insurance coverage through Medicare Advantage plans, a program that corporate insurers promised would promote efficiency and cost savings and strengthen Medicare. However, the facts show that certain corporate insurers use Medicare Advantage to drive up their profits at the expense of patient care while costing American taxpayers far more than traditional

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In Case You Missed It: Former Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett Joins Chorus of Community Support for 24/7 Hospital and Health System Care in Communities Nationwide

Former Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett recently authored an op-ed in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette about the important role of hospitals and health systems in Pennsylvania and the need to reject legislation that would jeopardize patient care and reduce healthcare access by taking resources away from local hospitals.   On the unique importance of hospitals and health systems,

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Nearly Half of Americans Received Medical Bills That Should Have Been Covered by Insurance

Health insurance has long been considered a means to help individuals and families pay for medical care and protect their health. But some giant corporate insurers have shown they are more committed to looking out for their bottom lines than looking out for patients. Now, a new report adds to the growing body of evidence

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Exhausted by Prior Auth, Many Patients Abandon Care

In case you missed it, a recent American Medical Association (AMA) survey shed more light on how excessive prior authorization policies used by many corporate insurance companies delay and deny care, putting patients at risk and creating unnecessary administrative burden for physicians. Here’s what 1,000 practicing physicians from across the United States had to say

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