Health Care “Denial by Delay” Can Be a Matter of Life and Death

Patients are forced to navigate a prior authorization system marked by roadblocks, red tape and appeals.

Marine Corps veteran Ron Winters clearly recalls his doctor’s sobering assessment of his bladder cancer diagnosis in August 2022. “This is bad,” the 66-year-old Durant, Oklahoma, resident remembered his urologist saying. Winters braced for the fight of his life. Little did he anticipate, however, that he wouldn’t be waging war only against cancer. He also was up against the Department of Veterans...

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