Fri, December 13, 2024
[ Fri, Dec 13th 2024 ]: The New York Times
Trump Ordered to Sit for Deposition in ABC News Defamation Suit
[ Fri, Dec 13th 2024 ]: AZ Central
Supreme Court to hear challenge to California's pace-setting vehicle emissions rules
[ Fri, Dec 13th 2024 ]: The New York Times
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[ Fri, Dec 13th 2024 ]: St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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[ Fri, Dec 13th 2024 ]: CNN
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[ Fri, Dec 13th 2024 ]: KSBW The Central Coast
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[ Fri, Dec 13th 2024 ]: NJ.com
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[ Fri, Dec 13th 2024 ]: AARP
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[ Fri, Dec 13th 2024 ]: FOX59 News
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[ Fri, Dec 13th 2024 ]: MSNBC
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[ Fri, Dec 13th 2024 ]: Graphic
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[ Fri, Dec 13th 2024 ]: PBS
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[ Fri, Dec 13th 2024 ]: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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[ Fri, Dec 13th 2024 ]: PBS
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[ Fri, Dec 13th 2024 ]: The Independent
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[ Fri, Dec 13th 2024 ]: The Bismarck Tribune
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[ Fri, Dec 13th 2024 ]: USA Today
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[ Fri, Dec 13th 2024 ]: Sydney Morning Herald
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[ Fri, Dec 13th 2024 ]: WTHR
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[ Fri, Dec 13th 2024 ]: Mother Jones
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[ Fri, Dec 13th 2024 ]: MSN
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[ Fri, Dec 13th 2024 ]: MSN
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[ Fri, Dec 13th 2024 ]: MSN
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[ Fri, Dec 13th 2024 ]: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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[ Fri, Dec 13th 2024 ]: MSN
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[ Fri, Dec 13th 2024 ]: MSN
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[ Fri, Dec 13th 2024 ]: MSN
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[ Fri, Dec 13th 2024 ]: MSN
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[ Fri, Dec 13th 2024 ]: MSN
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[ Fri, Dec 13th 2024 ]: MSN
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[ Fri, Dec 13th 2024 ]: MSN
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[ Fri, Dec 13th 2024 ]: NBC News
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[ Fri, Dec 13th 2024 ]: Graphic
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[ Fri, Dec 13th 2024 ]: Toronto Star
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[ Fri, Dec 13th 2024 ]: MSN
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[ Fri, Dec 13th 2024 ]: BBC
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[ Fri, Dec 13th 2024 ]: MSN
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[ Fri, Dec 13th 2024 ]: MSN
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[ Fri, Dec 13th 2024 ]: MSN
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[ Fri, Dec 13th 2024 ]: MSN
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[ Fri, Dec 13th 2024 ]: MSN
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Insurers Are Dictating Care and We're Sick, Sick, Sick of It!

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That said, many of the decisions insurers like UnitedHealthcare have made are, themselves, abominable. They do deserve our outrage. We can simultaneously be outraged at both Thompson's killing and the immoral actions of insurance companies.
The article from MSN discusses the growing frustration among patients and healthcare providers regarding the influence of insurance companies on medical care. It highlights how insurers are increasingly dictating treatment options, often prioritizing cost-saving measures over patient health outcomes. This includes denying coverage for necessary treatments, imposing step therapy protocols where patients must try less effective or more generic treatments before receiving the medication their doctors initially prescribed, and using algorithms to make coverage decisions which might not consider the full scope of a patient's medical needs. The piece also touches on the legal and ethical battles being fought to challenge these practices, with examples of patients and doctors pushing back against what they see as overreaches by insurance companies. The overarching theme is a call for reform in how insurance companies operate within the healthcare system to ensure that medical decisions are made by healthcare professionals rather than corporate profit motives.

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