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The wide-ranging law has the potential to blindside many consumers whose health care comes from company and union health plans that are âself-funded,â meaning they pay claims out of their own funds.
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health articles from the week so you donât have to.
Alec Raeshawn Smith was 23 when diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, and 26 when he died. He couldn't afford $1,300 per month for his insulin and other diabetes supplies. So he tried to stretch the doses.
Desperate for help in finding a lifesaving drug for a fatal genetic disease, families banded together to fund early research and then worked with drug companies on clinical trials and marketing. Yet, this small patient advocacy group is stunned by pharmaâs pricing.
Two-thirds of Americans worry about unexpectedly large bills from doctors, hospitals or other medical providers, a poll shows. Four in 10 have received one in the past year.
A Health Affairs study quantifies the financial effects of such mergers on consumers and their insurers. The hospital industry and doctor practices say the consolidation leads to better coordination of care.
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health articles from the week so you donât have to.
âI donât feel any consumer should have to go through this,â says Drew Calver, who faced a life-changing surprise bill from an Austin hospital after a heart attack last year. After attention as a "Bill of the Month" patient, he paid the hospital $332. But he worries about other patients with surprise bills.
The story of a Texas teacher who faced a surprise âbalance billâ of almost twice his annual salary gets a surprise happy ending.
In this episode of KHNâs âWhat the Health?â Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Alice Ollstein of Talking Points Memo, Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times and Kimberly Leonard of the Washington Examiner talk about a spate of lawsuits involving the Affordable Care Act, as well as the latest in state and federal efforts regarding the Medicaid program for the poor.
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health articles from the week so you donât have to.
In this episode of KHNâs âWhat the Health?â Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Anna Edney of Bloomberg News, Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times and Kimberly Leonard of the Washington Examiner talk about the latest Trump administration efforts to address high drug prices, whatâs next for short-term health insurance plans and insider trading charges against a New York GOP congressman.
KHNâs newsletter editor, Brianna Labuskes, wades through hundreds of health articles from the week so you donât have to.
In this episode of KHNâs âWhat the Health?â Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Anna Edney of Bloomberg News, Alice Ollstein of Talking Points Memo and Rebecca Adams of CQ Roll Call talk about health careâs emergence as a possible voting issue in the coming midterm elections. Plus, Rovner interviews KHNâs Emmarie Huetteman about Julyâs âBill of the Monthâ: a transgender womanâs âbait-and-switchâ $92,000 surgical bill.
In this episode of KHNâs âWhat the Health?â Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Anna Edney of Bloomberg News, Alice Ollstein of Talking Points Memo and Kimberly Leonard of the Washington Examiner talk about the new push on health legislation by Republicans in the House, as well as developments on Medicaid work requirements, drug prices and the fate of children separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexican border. Plus, for extra credit, the panelists offer their favorite health stories of the week.
After being promised a significant discount for paying cash upfront and forgoing insurance, a Wisconsin patient gets caught in the middle between hospital and insurer â and feels snookered by a last-minute surprise and billing snafu.
After 130 years as a nonprofit with deep roots in western North Carolina, Mission Health announced in March that it was seeking to be bought by HCA Healthcare, the nationâs largest for-profit hospital chain.
Some state Medicaid programs are not paying for the procedures, and Medicareâs complicated payment rates have hospitals concerned that it will not cover all the costs.
Other readers ask what can be done to challenge unexpected medical bills â whether the result of an emergency room visit or after a change in prescription drug coverage.
In this episode of KHNâs âWhat the Health?â Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Joanne Kenen of Politico, Stephanie Armour of The Wall Street Journal and Anna Edney of Bloomberg News discuss the latest enrollment numbers for the Affordable Care Act, Medicaid work requirements in Kentucky and President Donald Trumpâs proposed government reorganization plan. Plus, for extra credit, the panelists recommend their favorite health stories of the week.
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