<description>&lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 24pt;"&gt;This time on CodeWACK!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Today, we're talking about insurance denials, hidden incentives… and why getting care can feel like navigating a system designed to stop you.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Our guest is Bob Coleman, a retired healthcare professional who spent more than 40 years serving veterans through the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs—&lt;/strong&gt;as a clinical pharmacist, medical informaticist, and researcher. His latest ebook is called "&lt;a href= "https://www.amazon.com/s?k=hostile+takeover%2C+how+wall+street+coleman&amp;crid=12ZCJXMD2A38L&amp;sprefix=hostile+takeover%2C+how+wall+street+colem%2Caps%2C336&amp;ref=nb_sb_noss"&gt;Hostile Takeover: How Wall Street and Congress Hijacked American Healthcare and How We Can Take it Back&lt;/a&gt;."  &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;This is the first of a two-part series.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 18pt;"&gt;Check out the &lt;a href= "https://heal-ca.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Transcript-Coleman-04-20-26.pdf"&gt; Transcript&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href= "https://heal-ca.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Show-Notes-Coleman-04-20-26.pdf"&gt; Show Notes&lt;/a&gt; for more!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 18pt;"&gt;And please keep Code WACK! on the air with a tax-deductible donation at &lt;a href= "http://heal-ca.org/donate"&gt;heal-ca.org/donate&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</description>

Code WACK!

HEAL California

Designed to Fail: How Insurance Denials Really Work

APR 20, 20269 MIN
Code WACK!

Designed to Fail: How Insurance Denials Really Work

APR 20, 20269 MIN

Description

This time on CodeWACK! Today, we're talking about insurance denials, hidden incentives… and why getting care can feel like navigating a system designed to stop you. Our guest is Bob Coleman, a retired healthcare professional who spent more than 40 years serving veterans through the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs—as a clinical pharmacist, medical informaticist, and researcher. His latest ebook is called "Hostile Takeover: How Wall Street and Congress Hijacked American Healthcare and How We Can Take it Back." This is the first of a two-part series. Check out the Transcript and Show Notes for more! And please keep Code WACK! on the air with a tax-deductible donation at heal-ca.org/donate.