Rep. Greg Landsman speaks on reducing costs, reforming prior authorizations, importance of stories

Summary: Rep. Greg Landsman from Ohio recently talked with Mike Abrams, the head of the Ohio Hospital Association. They discussed big problems in health care today. Landsman wants to lower health care costs and fix "prior authorizations." This is when insurance companies make patients wait for approval before they can get medical care. These waits can delay treatment and cost hospitals more money.

Landsman also wants to make sure insurance companies play fair. He told health care leaders that the best way to get politicians to help is by telling real patient stories. He said to be very aggressive in sharing these stories because they are what truly move voters and lawmakers to make a change.

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