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‘Got to play the game’: Missouri doctors group jumps into state politics with $1.5M PAC investment

  • Rudi Keller

Missouri’s oldest business association is the state’s newest big political donor. On Aug. 14, the Missouri State Medical Association split $1.5 million between two newly created political action committees, Asclepius PAC, named for the hero god of medicine in Greek mythology, and Patients First PAC. The association, which represents doctors and doctors in training, already […]

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Health insurers use a whole arsenal of tools to deny care, increase profit

  • Kimberly Soenen

Last summer, the Trump administration, physician advocates, public health academics and activists requested a voluntary commitment from commercial health insurance industry CEOs to streamline the prior authorization process. Commercial health insurance companies like UnitedHealthcare, Cigna, Aetna, CVS Health, Humana and others signed onto a six-part voluntary pledge, understanding they would be required to reach a […]