Eric Tennant passed away in September due to cancer of the bile ducts. Prior to his passing, he faced a long insurance battle during which he was repeatedly denied coverage for a noninvasive treatment that had the potential to shrink his largest tumor. Starting June 10th, a new bill will be passed that allows patients to seek a different treatment of equal value to one that was previously approved. This could help those in similar situations to Tennant – had this bill been passed earlier he would’ve been able to receive the noninvasive procedure since it is of similar value to chemotherapy he had been approved for. Prior authorization is ranked as Americans “biggest burden”, and experts are not surprised to see politicians from both parties pushing bills to change this. Dr. Robert Hartwig, professor at the University of South Carolina, says “Republicans in conservative states see health care as a vulnerability for the midterm elections, and so, unsurprisingly, you’ll see some action on this”. To hear more, click here.