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Patients and Physicians Speak Out

Prior authorization burdens negatively impact patients and health care professionals around the country every day. Explore their stories and share your own experiences to make your voice heard on the need to #FixPriorAuth.

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Have you ever gone to the pharmacy to fill a prescription only to be told that your insurance company requires approval before they'll cover your treatment?

Have you ever waited days, weeks or months for a test or medical procedure to be scheduled because you needed authorization from an insurer?

Are you a physician frustrated with the administrative headaches and their impact on your patients?

Have prior authorization delays caused you to take more sick days, be less productive at work or miss out on day-to-day life?

Share how prior authorization has impacted you, your loved ones or your patients to draw attention to the need for decision-makers to address this issue. Your voice can make an impact.

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Use the buttons below to explore how prior authorization impacts both health care professionals and patients throughout the country.

My husband went without blood thinners for two months because we switched insurance carriers (because I switched jobs and had no choice).
Deb C.,
Illinois
Couldn't get my new diabetes Rx when the doctor changed medicines without prior authorization and that took 10 days to get it.
Ann J.,
Arkansas
I had to wait for a month for my insurance to approve an MRI when I broke my shoulder.
Cheri N.
I had 3 doctors who wanted to file a class action suit against [my insurer] for playing doctor - they refused almost every script I tried to file.
@network_gal ,
Florida
Every time [my daughter] needed antibiotics, her doctor gave me samples because the insurance company took 10 days.
Sarah H.,
California
. . . they wouldn’t authorize [my sweetheart’s] meds in time so his current prescription ran out and we had to go to the hospital for pain control.
Lisa R.,
Arizona