The moral injury of “not medically necessary” denials

The first denial arrived not with cruelty or malice, but with a phrase so familiar it barely registers as language anymore: “not medically necessary.” The cancer drug, recommended by oncologists and supported by evidence and standard of care, was rejected. No phone call. No physician-to-physician conversation. Just an automated letter and a bureaucratic pause inserted

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The moral injury of “not medically necessary” denials originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

 

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