When insurance companies delay life-saving treatment, patients pay the price.
By Walter Carpenter
The recent commentary in VTDigger regarding prior authorization was spot on. Prior authorizations are indeed “prior aggravations” for both patients and physicians. As a patient who nearly lost his life from such aggravations 20 years ago, I know firsthand what this means. Thousands of other Vermonters know it too: Insurance companies are practicing a very real form of healthcare rationing, not based on medical need, but on corporate profits, even as they try to convince us that prior authorizations are to prevent waste and protect patients. Continue reading….