DON’T LET FOR-PROFIT INSURANCE COMPANIES COME BETWEEN DOCTORS AND THEIR PATIENTS
Put Patients Before Profits in New York State
Health systems across New York have made massive investments and gut-wrenching sacrifices to fight COVID — all while the biggest insurers are taking the COVID crisis to the bank. And as New Yorkers continue to recover from a deadly pandemic that devastated our state’s hospitals, we want to make sure bad actors don’t benefit more – New York’s top ten insurers already made more than $40 billion in profits during 2021.
Despite these record profits, insurers are back squeezing New Yorkers for more:
- Denying patients’ insurance claims, particularly for emergency care — sticking patients with the bill
- Delaying patients’ much-needed care by imposing red tape and confusing requirements for routine procedures
- Restricting access to local providers and hospitals, creating confusing networks for consumers
- Increasing costs for patients and reducing access to care
That’s why Albany needs to pass the Reinvest in New York Healthcare Act, which ensures a portion of insurer profits made within New York state lines are reinvested in local hospitals that serve communities who need it the most.
Doctors and caregivers know best — we cannot let the wealthy, profit-driven insurers get between doctors and their patients. Enough is enough: New Yorkers will not tolerate greedy insurance companies jeopardizing patients’ health care decisions.