The Center for Health and Democracy (CHD), led by Wendell Potter, seeks to build power and consensus on the need to expand healthcare coverage to all Americans
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The Denials Don’t Pay Act (HR 6109) would require @HHS to cancel Medicare Advantage contracts with any insurance corporation that has over 25% of its prior authorization appeals reversed. This bill would make major changes in how for-profit insurers game the system at the expense of patients and consumers!
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Important reporting from @MorePerfectUS on the growing role of AI in prior authorization decisions.
CHD’s own Zena Wolf helps break down Medicare’s new WISeR model and its implications for seniors and their access to care.
Great work from the More Perfect Union team!
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NEW: The Trump admin is using AI to analyze Medicare prior authorizations, and companies get 25% of the "savings" the system generates.
We found Carlyle Group and Patient Square Capital, private equity firms, backing this process.
It's the latest oligarch attack on healthcare.
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If you care about artificial intelligence and its growing role in American health care, watch this important video.
It features Zena Wolf from our team at the Center for Health & Democracy (@CforHD) and it takes a close look at Medicare's new WISeR model and how corporate interests are gaining even more control over our care.
Great work from the @MorePerfectUS team.
If you care about artificial intelligence and its growing role in American health care, watch this important video.
It features Zena Wolf from our team at the Center for Health & Democracy (@CforHD) and it takes a close look at Medicare's new WISeR model and how corporate interests are gaining even more control over our care.
Great work from the @MorePerfectUS team.
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Check out this deep dive into AI and prior authorization featuring @cforhd 's own Zena Wolf. An incredible look at the patient harm and corruption of this new takeover of Medicare by corporate interests
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Are your prescription drug prices being manipulated at your pharmacy?
@madleyrachel @cforhd explains with @lpackard, watch the full #CareTalk episode on prescription drug prices: youtube.com/live/LdlNGhlThu8
Medicare Part B premiums will be more than $200 / month for the first time ever in 2026 — largely because Big Insurance is gaming the system with their Medicare Advantage plans and overbilling the govt by as much as $140 billion every year. The more profit they extract from the Medicare trust fund, the more we have to charge seniors for Part B premiums.
The Keep Medicare Costs Down Act (HR 6112) would require Big Insurance to charge the government as much — or less — for each beneficiary as we spend on Traditional Medicare. Passing this bill would reduce corporate handouts and invest our tax dollars in guaranteeing quality health care for everyone on Medicare!
Medicare Part B premiums will be more than $200 / month for the first time ever in 2026 — largely because Big Insurance is gaming the system with their Medicare Advantage plans and overbilling the govt by as much as $140 billion every year. The more profit they extract from the Medicare trust fund, the more we have to charge seniors for Part B premiums.
The Keep Medicare Costs Down Act (HR 6112) would require Big Insurance to charge the government as much — or less — for each beneficiary as we spend on Traditional Medicare. Passing this bill would reduce corporate handouts and invest our tax dollars in guaranteeing quality health care for everyone on Medicare!
.@RepMarkPocan @RepAndreCarson @RepCohen @rosadelauro @RepLloydDoggett @RepJayapal @RepRoKhanna @EleanorNorton @RepAOC @janschakowsky @RepMarkTakano @RepShriThanedar @RepRashida @Ilhan @RepDebDingell and @RepCasar are standing up for patients and consumers — not corporate profits!
Yet another major hospital system is expected to go out of network with one of the largest Medicare Advantage insurers in the country.
When Big Insurance refuses to pay for the care that they previously approved, hospitals get bogged down with administration and patients suffer.
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Unlike Traditional Medicare, insurance corporations offering Medicare Advantage often delay and deny care that patients need. The Disclose Your Denials Act (HR 6111) would require these companies to include their denial rates in advertising, ensuring that enrollees know what they’re signing up for.
Shout out to @RepAndreCarson @RepCohen @rosadelauro @RepLloydDoggett @RepJayapal @RepRoKhanna @EleanorNorton @RepAOC @janschakowsky @RepMarkTakano @RepShriThanedar @RepRashida @Rep_McBride @Ilhan @RepDebDingell and @RepCasar for joining @RepMarkPocan in supporting this bill!
When a person enrolls in a Medicare Advantage plan, it’s nearly impossible to know if their doctor will be in-network. The Find My Doctor Act (HR 6115) requires @CMSGov to fix that problem by creating a nationwide online directory, making it easier for seniors to keep their doctor.
Thank you @RepMarkPocan @RepAndreCarson @RepCohen @rosadelauro @RepLloydDoggett @RepJayapal @RepRoKhanna @EleanorNorton @RepAOC @janschakowsky @RepMarkTakano @RepShriThanedar @RepRashida @Ilhan @RepDebDingell and @RepCasar for supporting this bill!
As 2026 draws nearer, patients and providers brace for a big — and bad — change to Traditional Medicare. Prior authorization results in unnecessary delays and denials of care, and has no place in our cherished Medicare program.
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