New Consumer Poll Finds Patients Are Concerned about Commercial Insurer Barriers to Care Infographic. Commercial health insurer policies and administrative practices delay patient care, overburden clinicians and add unnecessary costs to the health care system, according to a new poll of health care consumers conducted by the Morning Consult. Patients Are Concerned That Their Insurers Are Limiting Access to Care. 62% of patients report their household has experienced at least one insurance coverage-related b

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Commercial health insurer policies and administrative practices delay patient care, overburden clinicians and add unnecessary costs to the health care system, according to a new poll of health care consumers conducted by the Morning Consult. Patients Are Concerned That Their Insurers Are Limiting Access to Care. 62% of patients report their household has experienced at least one insurance coverage-related barrier in the past two years; 43% of those patients report their health has gotten worse as a result. 55%: A majority of patients find health insurance companies responsible for health care roadblocks they have experienced. Patients Think Their Care Providers Know What's Best. 83% of patients agree that their health care providers know the best treatment for them and should be the one to make treatment decisions, not their insurance company.

Patients Are Concerned About Insurer Barriers to Care. 86% of patients agree that there needs to be more transparency from health insurance companies on which servieces and medications require pre-approval (prior authorization) and the policies and criteria insurance companies use to grant that approval. 84% of patients agree that policymakers should focue on creacking down on health insurance practices that make it harder to get the care they need. Patients Are Concerned about the High Cost of Health Insurance Premiums. 54%: A majority of patients report experiencing their health insurance premiums being too expensive as part of their family budget, difficulty affording insurance, or both. 68%: Most patients who feel they are paying too much for health care point to higher insurance costs as the driver behind why those costs are too high.

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