insurance

The measure aims to help doctors get insurance approval to treat patients.

The proposal would require insurers to provide doctors with more information upfront.

“We’re in the middle of a health care crisis, right, but the overall impact on the health care system has been to reduce people using health care.”

Her employer offered only a high-deductible health plan; that meant she'd have to pay up to $6,000 out of pocket each year. Advocates for patients say this sort of underinsurance is snatching lives.