Health Insurance Companies Care About You. Agree or Disagree?

Produced by Alexander Stockton

Senior Video Journalist

Frustration with a broken health care system has many Americans blaming insurance companies. In the first episode of New York Times Opinion’s new show “Divided,” a doctor and a former insurance executive confront a central question: Do insurance companies prioritize profit over patient care?

Dr. Elisabeth Potter, a plastic surgeon specializing in breast reconstruction, has seen firsthand how insurance decisions can interfere with treatment. Dr. Troyen Brennan, a former chief medical officer at CVS Health, which owns Aetna insurance, believes those decisions are part of a system intended to keep care........

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