{"id":2090756,"date":"2025-09-19T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/?post_type=article&#038;p=2090756"},"modified":"2025-09-19T05:09:41","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T09:09:41","slug":"health-care-helpline-kff-npr-life-kit-podcast-insurance-denials-explained","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/article\/health-care-helpline-kff-npr-life-kit-podcast-insurance-denials-explained\/","title":{"rendered":"Listen: The Surprising Power of Pushback When Health Insurance Won\u2019t Pay"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"block--iframe\">\n\t<iframe\n\t\tallow=\"fullscreen\"\n\t\tframeborder=\"0\"\n\t\theight=\"220\"\n\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/player\/embed\/nx-s1-5543380\/nx-s1-mx-5722004\"\n\t\twidth=\"100%\"\n\t><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"block--sidebar alignright \">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-kaiser-health-news-partner block--partner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"partner__image--link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/09\/18\/nx-s1-5543380\/what-to-do-when-your-health-insurance-denies-coverage\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"partner__image\" src=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/npr-hi-res-logo.png?w=120\" alt=\"Partner logo\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"partner__content\">\n\t\tThis story also ran on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/09\/18\/nx-s1-5543380\/what-to-do-when-your-health-insurance-denies-coverage\">NPR<\/a>. 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