American Hospital Association July 11, 2023
Health insurance policies and practices are reducing access to medical care, driving up health care costs and increasing clinician burden and burnout, according to patients and clinicians surveyed by Morning Consult for the AHA.
Over six in 10 patients report experiencing at least one insurance-related barrier to care in the past two years, with four in 10 reporting worse health as a result. Most patients say they want their care provider, not their insurance company, to determine what care they receive; and over half report difficulty affording insurance costs and premiums.
Over eight in 10 nurses say insurers’ administrative policies delay patient care, three-quarters say they reduce quality of care and over half...
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