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As Health Companies Get Bigger, So Do the Bills. Its Unclear if Trumps Team Will Intervene.

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As health systems, doctor groups, and insurers merge into ever-bigger giants, patient care gets more expensive. Yet the Trump administration has sent mixed signals about its willingness to intervene and shown some disdain for Biden officials more aggressive approach.

Listen: Young Adults Turning 26 Face Health Insurance Cliff

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The erosion of the Affordable Care Act has created an insurance cliff for Americans who are turning 26 and dont have a job that provides medical coverage. Scared off by high price tags and the complexity of picking a policy, some young adults are going without insurance.

Estos son los aumentos de precios que tambi矇n deber穩an preocuparte

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Para muchas personas que tienen planes m矇dicos creados por la Ley de Cuidado de Salud a Bajo Precio (ACA) porque trabajan para peque簽as empresas o pagan su propia cobertura es probable que las tarifas hayan aumentado de forma a繳n m獺s dr獺stica.

Surprise Medical Bills Were Supposed To Be a Thing of the Past. Surprise Theyre Not.

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The No Surprises Act, which was signed in 2020 and took effect in 2022, was heralded as a landmark piece of legislation that would protect people who had health insurance from receiving surprise medical bills. And yet bills that take patients by surprise keep coming.

Bill of the Month: The Series That Dissects and Slashes Medical Bills

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Since 2018, readers and listeners sent 窪蹋勛圖厙 News-NPRs Bill of the Month thousands of questionable bills. Our crowdsourced investigation paved the way for landmark legislation and highlighted cost-saving strategies for all patients.

Removing a Splinter? Treating a Wart? If a Doctor Does It, It Can Be Billed as Surgery

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Minor interventions are increasingly being rebranded and billed as surgery, for profit. This means a neurologist spending 40 minutes with a patient to tease out a diagnosis can be paid less for that time than a dermatologist spending a few seconds squirting a dollop of liquid nitrogen onto the skin.

With TV Drug Ads, What You See Is Not Necessarily What You Get

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The pharmaceutical industry has invented a new art form: finding ways to make their wares seem like joyous must-have treatments, while often minimizing lackluster efficacy and risks.

En los comerciales de medicamentos en TV, lo que ves no siempre es lo que es

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Los anuncios de medicamentos han sido omnipresentes en la televisi籀n desde finales de la d矇cada de 1990 y se han extendido a internet y las redes sociales. Pocas naciones en el mundo los permiten

Her Hearing Implant Was Preapproved. Nonetheless, She Got $139,000 Bills for Months.

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Even when patients double-check that their care is covered by insurance, health providers often send them bills as they haggle with insurers over reimbursement, which can last for months. Its stressful and annoying but legal.