This month, columnists debate whether the Legislature should restrict the way insurance companies use prior authorization to determine what services patients can receive and where they get them. Plus, columnists tackle civic education, the electoral college, voting and more.
Health plans use prior authorization selectively, focusing on clinical areas prone to extreme variation in cost or misuse that can harm patients or saddle them with unexpected and costly medical bills.
Prior authorization is not inherently problematic but is badly in need of common-sense reforms.
Prior authorization was originally intended to serve as a cost-containment tool, but it has become a huge burden for patients and providers alike.
The elimination of prior authorization in Indiana would be a regressive step.
I am proud of the work my office has done in fighting and winning on behalf of Hoosiers.
Those most in need of public services get to make do with less.
The new standards focus on instructing students on the foundations of government, functions of government and the role of citizens.
While U.S. Muslims give to build mosques, they have been less supportive of funding mosque operations.”
It’s time to prioritize the needs of families, seniors and future generations with policies that allow us all to thrive in Indiana.
The result is that young people in Switzerland have many education pathways and no dead-ends.
While imperfect, its longevity of existence is itself an endorsement of its design.
It’s essential in the period we’re now in that new citizens step up, make time and act.
The rhetoric on both sides of the national conversation was too hot.
We are privileged to be happy on Election Day, and we are privileged to be disappointed on Election Day.
If you’re even remotely plugged into local politics, you know several folks other than Shackleford have been jockeying to be Indy’s next chief executive for quite some time.
Historically, America has shown itself to be strong, with the ability to come together in times of crisis.
With politicians from both parties promising tax cuts, somebody needs to figure out some priorities. Quickly.
The real journalistic enterprise is truth telling, not describing or cooperating with reality.
MAPs are notorious for substantial use of prior approval and subsequent denials for medical services.
It was the deadliest attack on Israel since its founding in 1948 and the deadliest single day for Jews since the Holocaust.
Has so much time passed that we no longer look at the character of the person seeking the highest office in the land?
Voters have to feel like you’ve got their back, that they can trust you to do right by them.
Polls are not predictions; they are snapshots in time.
We are not electing a chief debater, we are electing a commander-in-chief.
When you vote for statewide or national office, at least believe that the candidate you choose deserves your vote.
