Hi, Brian Lairer here. Up next, Brian Lairor weekend, three of our favorite segments from the week,

packaged together, for you to listen to on the weekend. So enjoy, and I'll see you back on the radio Monday at 10 a.m.

On WNYC on WNYC.

Good morning again, everyone.

So the public outcry over health insurance delays and denials since the assassination of United

Healthcare CEO, Brian Thompson, has brought little in the way of policy change proposals.

Elizabeth Benjamin, Vice President of the Community Service Society of New York,

which does both advocacy on behalf of policies that they believe help lower income people,

and a community health advocates program that offers advice for individuals on navigating the

health care system joins us now.

She is the Community Service Society Vice President,

and she joins us now to advise anyone who calls in

who is dealing with a delay or denial issue.

Hopefully the explanations we get for a few callers

will help the rest of you know

what some of your rights and available strategies are for if you find yourself in a similar

situation. We'll talk some policy with Elizabeth Benjamin too. We cover that a lot, as most of you

know, including the national special on the topic that I co-hosted in October before the killing.

But the premise of this segment is mostly that while Congress remains stalemated on the issue,

we can at least help individuals with some of your situations.

So listeners, who needs delay or denials advice?

Patients, doctors, doctors, office staff workers, you're all

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