Your cancer could be cured, but we need to wait for the insurance company to approve your chemotherapy. When I prescribe a medication, I would say 95 percent of the time, I have to obtain a prior authorization. If they deny care or they delay care, that’s money the insurance company gets to keep. In many countries, these tough ethical decisions about what is covered are made by governments, not for-profit insurance companies. House Bill 3459 creates a streamlined prior authorization process known as, quote, ‘gold carding.’ A handful of states have created gold card programs.

Source: New York Times March 14, 2024 11:13 UTC