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Medicare Will Require Prior Approval for Certain Procedures
A pilot program in six states will use a tactic employed by private insurers that has been heavily criticized for delaying and denying medical care.
They are establishing a pilot program to make prior authorization required for Medicare, and to use AI to evaluate them (i.e. batch-deny). The ads write themselves:
[Video: I have concepts of a plan]
Trump had a plan all along
[shot of headlines about millions losing health insurance]
He didn't want to tell you
[concepts of a plan, echoing over the headline about Medicare requiring prior auths]
Because the plan was to cut your health care, your Medicare, to pay for tax cuts for billionaires
[concepts of a plan]
And [GOP politician] voted for it.
We don't have to put up with this crap. Vote :
I like the idea of being blunt. I"m no advertising guru, but "We aren't going to put up with this shit" could be, I think, a pretty good slogan for Dems.
OR this one, with a personal touch. Show a retiree
I worked hard my whole life. I paid my taxes. I paid into Social Security and Medicare so I could enjoy my golden years, knowing that I would be able to get the best health care available. Knowing I wouldn't have to spend hours fighting with insurance companies like I did for the last four decades. We had that until Donald Trump wrecked it. Democrats support Medicare for All; Trump supports Medicare for None.