03.10.2010
The National Health Insururer Report Card for 2008 ( http://www.ama-assn.org/ama1/pub/upload/mm/368/reportcard.pdf ) on page 5 shows the government run health insurance Medicare with percentage of denied medical claims nearly double the average for private insurance claims.
Medicare denied 6.85%; Aetna 6.8%; Anthem 4.62% and the average by private insurance at 3.88%.
The report card for 2009 showed improvement for all.
Medicare 4%; Aetna 1.81% and the average was at 2.79%.
Government run insurance still in top percentage of medical claim denied.
