{"id":13591,"date":"2019-07-16T07:34:27","date_gmt":"2019-07-16T11:34:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=13591"},"modified":"2019-07-16T07:35:32","modified_gmt":"2019-07-16T11:35:32","slug":"did-your-health-plan-deny-you-care-fight-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=13591","title":{"rendered":"Did Your Health Plan Deny You Care? Fight Back."},"content":{"rendered":"

(By Bernard J. Wolfson for Kaiser Health News)<\/p>\n

Have you ever stepped up to the pharmacy cash register only to learn your new prescription will cost you hundreds of dollars \u2014 instead of your typical $25 copay \u2014 because your insurance doesn\u2019t cover it? Or received a painfully high bill for a medical test because your health plan didn\u2019t think it was necessary?<\/p>\n

Most people have, but only a tiny fraction ever appeal such decisions. In 2017, for example, enrollees in federally run Affordable Care Act marketplace plans appealed fewer than one-half of 1% of denied medical claims, according to an\u00a0analysis\u00a0by the Kaiser Family Foundation. (Kaiser Health News is an editorially independent program of the foundation.)\u00a0 Continue reading article here…<\/a><\/p>\n

Kaiser Health News is a nonprofit national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.<\/span><\/p>\n

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