The Indiana Hospital Association has started what they call a new effort to “raise awareness about abusive insurer practices that leave Hoosiers without the ability to get the medically necessary treatment.” It’s called “Access Denied”.
It features a web portal that breaks down how insurance companies block care, shares stories from the media with examples of insurer-practice abuse, and includes a tool that allows people to submit their own stories.
“Across Indiana, large insurance companies create barriers that leave patients waiting, even while their conditions worsen. These companies are also using their market power to undercut independent providers that are struggling to stay open – and leaving patients with fewer options for local care,” said IHA President Scott B. Tittle…