[1]NNU - Medicare for All!



New internal documents reveal that one of the country's largest insurance
companies, Cigna, has been rejecting patients’ insurance claims without
even opening them. 

The company has built a system that allows its doctors to instantly reject
a claim on medical grounds without opening the patient file, leaving
people with unexpected bills.

Over a period of two months last year, Cigna doctors denied over 300,000
requests for payments using this method, spending an average of 1.2
seconds on each case, the documents show. The company has reported it
covers or administers health care plans for 18 million people.

In our current system, insurance companies depend on denying coverage to
make millions in profit for their shareholders. It’s disgusting, and the
cost is people's lives. 

[ [link removed] ]If you agree that we must get rid of the for-profit health care
industry and their undue influence over our political process, will you
RSVP now to join our Patients Over Profits Action Call tomorrow
(Wednesday, March 29) at 5:00pm PT/8:00pm ET?

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If you can’t make this week’s call, that’s okay! We’re hosting calls every
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The health care you receive should be decided between you, your doctors,
and your nurses — not by private insurance companies. This outrageous
situation with Cigna wouldn’t even be possible if we had a Medicare for
All system in the US.

Under Medicare for All, there would be no such thing as claims denials. We
would eliminate the greedy, for-profit health insurance industry that
serves as a needless middleman and continuously prioritizes profits over
people’s lives.

Tighter regulations on Cigna to try and change its behaviors won’t solve
this crisis. The solution is to fundamentally reform our health care
system -- by passing Medicare for All -- so that private corporations
aren’t the ones making decisions about the care we receive.

And we know that in order to advance this fight for health care justice,
we need to take the influence of the corporate health care industry head
on. Part of that fight is our Patients Over Profits pledge, which calls on
politicians to reject campaign contributions from the corporate health
care industry. 

[ [link removed] ]Ready to get started? Join our Patients Over Profits Action Call
tomorrow, March 29, to learn more about the campaign and take action.

We’re grateful to be in this movement for health care justice alongside
you and look forward to working with you.

Hope to see you tomorrow,

Jasmine Ruddy
Organizer
Nurses’ Campaign to Win Medicare for All



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