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Tony Evers: “Health insurance companies try to use these so called…”

Featuring: Tony Evers, Democratic | Governor of Wisconsin

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Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers is delivering his budget address

Published | Video Starts at 42:06

Basically that means health insurers, not your doctors, are deciding whether your prescribed treatment is medically necessary. Health insurance companies try to use these so called priorities, authorizations that help their bottom line and cut costs. they're breaking. They're banking on being able to avoid covering the services and treatment you need. In Wisconsinites, you pay the price. (42:06–42:14)

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Asserts that health insurance companies use authorizations to prioritize their financial interests over patient care.

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