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Emanuel Sarkees

Student & Health Policy Writer

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Notable quotes

  • “Prior authorization is a tool for insurance companies that basically just— they make sure that the doctor knows what the patient needs.”
  • “Insurance companies very commonly deny or delay these authorizations, and it does affect the patient.”
  • “The patient, for sure, especially in situations where the patient really needs this kind of medication or this outcome.”
  • “Physicians on average receive about 40 prior authorization requests a week.”
  • “Our voices really do matter, even though we might not, it might not seem as though.”
  • “With those numbers, we don't really know if they are really true. I'm assuming they're underestimating these patient outcomes.”