President Donald Trump’s administration has just announced a major overhaul of health insurance regulations.
In a system where patients die waiting for approval and doctors get sued for saving lives, the Trump administration is finally calling the health insurance cartel to account.
On Monday, Dr. Mehmet Oz, now head of Medicare and Medicaid Services, and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that 75% of U.S. health insurers have agreed to new rules aimed at dismantling one of the most outrageous chokeholds in American healthcare: prior authorization.
Yes, the same prior authorization system that forces doctors to beg corporations for permission to treat patients.
The same system that stalls surgeries, denies essential medications, and, far too often, kills people before help arrives.
“This is not a mandate. It’s not a law,” said Dr. Oz.
“This is a chance for the industry to prove it can act like it has a soul.”
The new agreement includes industry titans like United Healthcare, Aetna, Cigna, Humana, and Blue Cross—companies that collectively control the fates of millions.
Under this framework, they’ve pledged to stop delaying care through senseless bureaucracy.
They’ve agreed to approve at least 80% of electronic requests in real time by 2027