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Americans are struggling every day with higher prices, and healthcare is no exception. As patients deal with skyrocketing premiums for health insurance, some large corporate insurers have added an extra step between a doctor's recommendation and a patient receiving care: a prior authorization requirement that can delay treatment for weeks or result in coverage being denied altogether. As insurers fight patients to delay and deny care, they also place burdensome administrative barriers onto providers, meaning that doctors and nurses have to spend more time dealing with insurer red tape, leaving less time for patient care.

Patient Defense Network is bringing to light how years of harmful practices by some large corporate insurers are leading to patients being denied the care they need and hospitals being forced to shutter service lines or close altogether, leaving communities without access to care.