You Have Not Died of Dysentery
🥳 🎉👏🏻 ANOTHER STATE DID SOMETHING RIGHT 👏🏻🎉🥳
North Carolina nuked prior auth. Oregon kicked private equity out of the exam room. Two states just did what Congress can’t: pass laws that actually help patients.
HB 434 in NC killed the usual suspects—delay games, surprise fees, Sanskrit bills, and “sorry, that depends” price tags. It even fines hospital execs for hiding prices. Not “naughty boy” fines. Real money. “No more Tesla upgrades” money.
Then Oregon followed up with SB 951 and told UnitedHealth and its MBA overlords to get their hands off the stethoscope. Doctors call the shots now. Not shareholders. Not spreadsheets.
These bills passed almost unanimously. Red and blue. Rural and urban. Martians and earthlings. Why? Because it’s impossible to defend this mess when you shine a light on it.
But let’s not hand out trophies yet.
These changes didn’t come from patient rallies or voter pressure. They came from lobbyists arguing in wood-paneled rooms while actual patients were stuck on hold with UHC.
Now imagine if everyone who ever got denied a scan, surprise-billed, or ghosted by an MSO became a voting bloc. No more hearings. No more sausage-making. Just laws that say: stop screwing people or you lose your seat in congress.
Are we seeing a trend? Maybe. Or maybe this is what happens when lawmakers finally realize voters might be watching.
Is your state next? Or are you still waiting on a fax?
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