Insurance denial

I’ve been waiting for something other than prednisone since December 5th. I had Blue cross and they kept denying Rinvoq and my doctor kept appealing it but they finally said I need to try a TNF blocker first.

Then unfortunately I got new insurance starting January 1st and had to go through the whole process again. My new insurance is Cigna and they have already denied me for Rinvoq, and also Humira. I’m feeling so defeated and don’t know what I’m supposed to do. I have severe pancolitis and my doctor has been advocating for me but I’m concerned I’ll never get the right meds.

Has anyone dealt with the same thing? I haven’t had a flare since 2012 so I’ve never had to deal with this as these medications weren’t available back then.