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2023 was another busy year in health care. As the covid-19 pandemic waned, policymakers looked anew at long-standing obstacles to obtaining and paying for care in the nation’s health care system. Meanwhile, abortion has continued to be an issue in much of the nation, as states respond to the Supreme Court’s 2022 decision overturning the constitutional right to the procedure. This week, Rachel Cohrs of Stat, Sandhya Raman of CQ Roll Call, and Joanne Kenen of Johns Hopkins University and Polit...

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Doctors working for health insurers can rule on 10,000 or more requests for care a year.

It’s one of the most crucial questions when deciding on a health plan: If my doctor orders a test or treatment, will my insurer pay for it?

Learn how to request your health insurance claim file, which can include details about what your insurer is saying about you and your case.

And the Supreme Court maintains abortion pill access for now.

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Fraud Is Baked Into American Health Care "Internal documents and former company executives reveal how Cigna doctors reject patients' claims without opening their files," investigative...

Fraud is baked Into the American healthcare cake "Internal documents and former company executives reveal how Cigna doctors reject patients’

Article: Fraud Is Baked Into the American Healthcare Cake - There are many structural defects in an American HMO/PPO/prepaid care system that masquerades as insurance. One of them is a tendency to mask outright fraud. If ProPublicas reporting is accurate, Cignas practices are an example of that defect.