These health care hurdles can stand in the way of getting treatment your doctor says you need. Here's what to know about how to deal with them.

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 ...

BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. — By the time Eric Tennant was diagnosed in 2023 with a rare cancer of the bile ducts, the disease had spread to his bones. He weighed 97 pounds and wasn’t expected to survive a year ...

California is one of 31 states that passed laws in 2025 limiting insurance companies’ use of prior authorization to approve or deny medical treatments.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - Prior authorizations are standard this time of year as insurance changes. They’re essentially a request from your insurance asking for more information before agreeing to ...

The New Mexico Office of Superintendent of Insurance urges all health insurance consumers to actively monitor the status of any prior authorization requests submitted on their behalf. Prior ...

The Connecticut State Medical Society is taking aim at the health insurance industry's practice of prior authorization this legislative session. Prior authorization, also known as "precertification" ...

Nearly seven months after the fatal shooting of an insurance CEO in New York drew widespread attention to health insurers’ practice of denying or delaying doctor-ordered care, the largest U.S.

About 32% of Americans say prior authorization requirements are a major burden, more than billing confusion or finding ...

BISMARCK, N.D. (KFYR) - UPDATE (2/26/2025): Sanford Health responded to Your News Leader with the following statement: "Sanford Health, including our health plan, is committed to meeting the ...

The North Carolina Legislative Building, where the General Assembly meets, on Jones Street in downtown Raleigh, N.C. on Sept. 1, 2021 Dawn B. Vaughan dvaughan@newsobserver.com Many people, at one time ...