President Donald Trump’s administration has just announced a major overhaul of health insurance regulations.
In a system where patients die waiting for approval and doctors get sued for saving lives, the Trump administration is finally calling the health insurance cartel to account.
On Monday, Dr. Mehmet Oz, now head of Medicare and Medicaid Services, and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that 75% of U.S. health insurers have agreed to new rules aimed at dismantling one of the most outrageous chokeholds in American healthcare: prior authorization.
Yes, the same prior authorization system that forces doctors to beg corporations for permission to treat patients.
The same system that stalls surgeries, denies essential medications, and, far too often, kills people before help arrives.
“This is not a mandate. It’s not a law,” said Dr. Oz.
“This is a chance for the industry to prove it can act like it has a soul.”
The new agreement includes industry titans like United Healthcare, Aetna, Cigna, Humana, and Blue Cross—companies that collectively control the fates of millions.
Under this framework, they’ve pledged to stop delaying care through senseless bureaucracy.
They’ve agreed to approve at least 80% of electronic requests in real time by 2027 and to stop resetting authorizations when patients switch insurers mid-treatment.
RFK Jr. illustrated just how broken the system is with a chilling story from a physician friend:
“A patient from New Jersey suffering from severe heart failure was transferred to New York Presbyterian Hospital for a lifesaving transplant,” Kennedy said.
“The patient urgently needed a mechanical heart pump, a device essential to sustain their life during the wait.
“The insurance company had approved the heart transplant but then denied authorization for the mechanical heart pump, deeming it unnecessary.
“The decision created a perplexing contradiction,” he revealed.
“The patient was cleared for a transplant and not for the critical device needed to keep him alive.
“With the patient in the Operating Room and his life at stake, the medical team was faced with a profound ethical challenge.
“Should they adhere to the insurance company’s denial, which would likely lead to the patient’s death, or take action to save the patient’s life knowing it could result in legal or professional consequences.
“The medical team chose to prioritize the patient’s survival in planting the mechanical heart pump.
“This decision allowed the patient to live long enough to receive a successful heart transplant.
“My friend, the doctor, was then sued by the insurance company…
That lawsuit was dropped,” RFK Jr. said.
“There are many situations in this country where that ethical decision for one reason or another would not have been made, and people lose their lives because of prior authorization.”
WATCH:
Behind the scenes, doctors are buried in red tape, spending an average of 12 hours a week just filling out prior-authorization forms.
That’s time not spent treating patients.
It’s deliberate. It’s profitable.
Delays save insurers money.
Denials are rarely overturned, and too often, by the time approvals arrive, it’s too late.
The Trump administration’s reform isn’t a silver bullet, but it’s a start.
It exposes the grotesque inversion of priorities in modern medicine, where saving a life can trigger a lawsuit and profits matter more than patients.
RFK put it bluntly: “There are many situations where that ethical decision, choosing the patient over the policy, won’t be made.
“And people lose their lives.”
If you’ve ever waited weeks for a procedure, had a prescription denied, or seen a loved one deteriorate because of “insurance complications,” you already know: this isn’t healthcare.
It’s corporate hostage-taking.
Let’s call it what it is and end it.
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