tl;dr: A government watchdog investigated what STAT found in its Pulitzer-finalist "Denied by AI" series and found:
-health insurance companies' denials for care were overturned 97% of the time when they were appealed
-82% of people do not appeal and thus were wrongly denied care for no reason
Brittany Trang
Biggest Medicare Advantage insurers denied rehabilitative care for older and disabled Americans at higher rates than industry peers, then frequently overturned those denials when patients appealed, OIG finds. Confirms reporting from @caseyross.bsky.social and me: www.statnews.com/2026/06/11/m...
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Federal investigation finds Medicare Advantage insurers block rehab care for older adults, only to reverse denials on appeal.
