PHOENIX -- Brittany Panico has seen insurers increasingly deny critical drugs and delay approvals for her patients, most of them living with complex autoimmune diseases.

At a town hall about medical claim denials organized in September by Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes, Panico, a Gilbert rheumatologist, shared the story of a patient with uncontrollable gout. Copy article link

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