Insurance claim denials have risen 16% from 2018 to 2024, affecting access to essential medications like insulin and albuterol. Denials often result from formulary exclusions, step therapy, and ...

Denials of insurance claims for preventive care were disproportionately more common among at-risk patient populations, including low-income patients, those with a high school degree or less, and ...

A man with leukemia wrestles with his insurance company for access to medications to manage his excruciating pain. An oncologist is forced to delay needed treatments while arguing for health insurance ...

Many patients who could be discharged remain hospitalized due to a lack of insurance and specialty care. (Screenshot | New Hampshire Hospital Association) Patients who are medically cleared to be ...

The early morning killing of a top health insurance executive in midtown Manhattan Wednesday has unleashed a flurry of rage and frustration from social media users over denials of their medical claims ...

Life is a challenge, but chronic health conditions can make daily living seem insurmountable. Diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, asthma and inflammatory bowel disease often mean fatigue, recurring ...

Cigna is using an algorithm to review — and often reject — hundreds of thousands of patient health insurance claims, a new lawsuit claims, with doctors rubber-stamping those denials without ...

The U.S. has made great progress in getting more people insured since the Affordable Care Act took effect in 2014. The share of uninsured Americans ages 18 to 64 fell from 18 percent before the ACA to ...

Dr. Lorna Shanks said she became a primary care doctor because she wanted to care for patients. Instead, she found herself overwhelmed by rushed patient visits, endless paperwork and constant staff ...

Medicare’s long-term financial outlook is in dire straits. While spending is already historically high, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projects that, without fundamental reform, things will ...