Texas Coalition for Patients

Supporting patients, families, physicians and other clinicians who care for Texas communities. #TxLege

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We’re watching every one of these hearings because Texas patients deserve to know the true drivers of high health care costs.

We hope you’re paying attention, too.

#TexasPatientsOverProfits #TXLege

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Last week, the Texas Senate HHS Committee held its first interim hearing that specifically examined rising health care costs in Texas. Several panels. Dozens of data points. One theme kept surfacing. 🧵

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The reality is that insurers control what physicians get paid, when they get paid, whether they're allowed to deliver care, and how much unnecessary paperwork they have to do to get any of it. 

And hospitals absorb what insurers won't cover.

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This is the conversation we've been pushing for. We hope you’ll follow along.

#TexasPatientsOverProfits #TXLege

[Texas Coalition for Patients @txpatients]

This morning, the Texas Senate HHS Committee digs into what's driving rising health care costs in Texas.

@TXPatients will be watching. Here's why. ⬇️

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Wins matter. But they're not enough.

The Texas Senate HHS Committee has been charged with examining why premiums keep rising, including PBM steering practices that add cost without adding care.

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KFF: Prior authorizations rank as biggest health care burden. https://t.co/sPezL6Suwb

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Coalition to Strengthen America's Healthcare: Harmful Practices https://t.co/KS6huLTZHl via @YouTube

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ICYMI: A deep dive into health insurance denials. https://t.co/DKC6ZHnUNm

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How has your health insurance failed you?

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Next up on our scandal series: Big insurance company caught in a deceptive sales scheme. #txlege #BigInsurance #Scandal

[Texas Coalition for Patients @txpatients]

Today, the Senate Committee on Business & Commerce passed SB815 out of their committee and moved this vital bill one step closer to becoming law.

We commend the committee members on their dedication to protecting patients against the harmful use of AI by Big Insurance.

#txlege

[Texas Coalition for Patients @txpatients]

We’re starting a new series exposing the biggest scandals in the health insurance industry… First up: A major health insurer caught downplaying reimbursements for out-of-network medical services. #txlege #BigInsurance #Scandal

[Texas Coalition for Patients @txpatients]

Patients’ best interests should drive health insurance decisions. Our Coalition is leading efforts to make that a reality. Learn how you can help: https://t.co/ngrvL709lP

#txlege #healthinsurance #BigInsurance #healthcare #patientsoverprofits

[Adam Bruggeman, MD @DrBruggeman]

Don’t fall for the hype…. UHC has failed to commit to cutting the prior authorizations that hit patients the most (medications and procedures). They continue to cut at the margins without making meaningful prior authorization change. Remember that UHG’s CEO, Andrew Witty, stated that UHG has a responsibility to protect against “unnecessary and unsafe” care. The question is…. Who decides what is unnecessary and unsafe and under what set of rules? It’s interesting that this is a unilateral process that is largely opaque and dramatically impacts the bottom line of UHG allowing for significant manipulation.