Pediatric Care Held Hostage by Insurance Red Tape – Where's the Common Sense, UnitedHealthcare? My neighbor's kid needed a simple antibiotic for an ear infection, but UnitedHealthcare demanded a 'prior authorization' that took three days to process. By the time it was approved, the infection had spread to the other ear. This isn't healthcare, it's bureaucratic nonsense costing our kids' health. We need to end unitedhealthcare pediatric prior authorization delays now.