re: The Prior Authorization Process for Medicine

Prior authorization is just another tool to save insurance companies money and that's it.
It's an onerous and inefficient process that's bad for doctors, patients, pharmacists but good for insurance companies.

Additionally, it's unpaid work for doctors and their staff. There's a reason many offices are starting to make patients come in to watch them fill out or perform prior auths, or charging extra fees for the paper work involved in prior auths. In medicine, it's not the norm to be able to bill patients for work performed outside of the office visit.