University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Describes Findings in Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine (A galvanizing event to promote improving health insurance): Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Medicine – Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine

2025 SEP 17 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- Investigators discuss new findings in Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Medicine - Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine. According to news originating from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, by NewsRx editors, the research stated, “For almost all Americans, having affordable access to quality health care in the United States requires health insurance. Inadequate insurance is more common among children with disabilities and complex health conditions than other children.”

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, “For children, insurance is considered adequate if the benefits must usually or always meet the child’s needs and usually or always allow the child to see needed providers and the family reports no out-of-pocket expenses or out-of-pocket expenses deemed usually or always reasonable. After the CEO of UnitedHealthcare was killed in front of a Manhattan hotel on his way to his annual investor conference in December 2024, there was an outpouring of stories on social media about how people felt their loved ones were harmed by health insurance companies denying care that their doctors recommended. While murder as a form of vigilante justice should not be condoned, this event highlighted how angry Americans are at health insurance companies. Pediatric rehabilitation medicine physicians are no strangers to the frustrations of insurance denials for their patients and feel the strain of having to work through prior authorizations and peer-to-peers just to get their patients what they deem important for their health and functioning.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “The national data confirms what pediatric rehabilitation medicine physicians knew from collective experience - millions of children with more complex health care needs have inadequate insurance.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: A galvanizing event to promote improving health insurance. Journal of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine, 2025;18(3):173-176.

The news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained from Amy J. Houtrow, Dept. of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, United States.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1177/18758894251353071. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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