What the Trump administration is calling a breakthrough in health insurance reform could streamline the process for patients to get care approved by insurance companies and free physicians up from paperwork.

Some of the nation's health insurers say they're taking steps to speed the process by which doctors approve medical care.

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said this week that several of the nation's largest health insurers have agreed to change how they handle prior authorization, a system that often causes delays in care.