02/26/2026
Health insurance: where profits are up, and so is your deductible! Fun.
Executives at UnitedHealth Group, Cigna, and Elevance Health say it’s “market-based compensation.” Cool.
As for your providers who do choose to participate with your plan out of necessity, we’re buried in prior authorizations. Practices, clinics, and departments hire entire teams to fight denials. Providers burn out arguing with algorithms instead of treating their patients.
For the record, we think it’s fine and great to make money. Profit isn’t evil. But if your bonus grows when claims get denied, and care gets delayed… maybe the market incentives aren’t exactly aligned with patient health.