Column: State must rein in health care prior authorization process

Mainland corporations are given millions of dollars by Hawaii insurance companies to interfere with decisions made between patients and their doctors, while patients struggle to find a primary care provider and clinics fail. Many leaders in government are concerned, but often with keeping powerful health care interests satisfied rather than helping patients. That may seem like an exaggeration, but it is what we see in the fight over prior authorization and resistance to House Bill 250 and the 2025 Revised Patient Bill of Rights.

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