Code Walk - Insurers Are Denying Patients Care. What Needs To Change? by Progressive Voices Network

This time on CodeWACK!

We’re revisiting part 2 of a powerful series from 2024 in honor of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month this September.

What happens when an insurer repeatedly denies treatment for a baby’s brain tumor, then the family discovers the denial is relying on adult rather than pediatric treatment guidelines?

We spoke with Eunice Stallman, MD, a psychiatrist in Idaho and mother of Zoey, about her family’s fight to get coverage, the extraordinary cost of the medication if they had been forced to pay out of pocket, and what she believes needs to change about prior authorization, medical review, and rare-disease coverage.

Check out the Transcript and Show Notes for more!

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