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Kim Schrier: “80% of [patients who appeal] get their appeals covered.”

Featuring: Kim Schrier, Democratic | U.S. House Washington, 8th Congressional District

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'That Is Just Unconscionable!': Kim Schrier Grills UnitedHealth Group CEO Over Denied Care

Published | Video Starts at 04:29

But today's focus really is on prioritizations and denials, which you demand more than other insurance companies that take care of Medicare Advantage patients. And most patients, they just shrug their shoulders, they give up. But the ones who do appeal, 80% of [patients who appeal] get their appeals covered. If these denials are ultimately overturned, why are you doing these pre authorizations and denials? Well, I appreciate the question, Representative. We have been methodically reducing the area of prior authorization and expediting that process. (04:29–04:33)

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