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The Fierro family owed a Yuma, Arizona, hospital more than $7,000 for care given to mom and dad, so when a son dislocated his shoulder, they headed to Mexicali. The care was quick, good, and affordable.
Even a personal finance expert can get stuck with a huge unexpected bill for a drug. Listen up for what you need to know about "copay accumulators."
Years in the making, a new federal law against surprise medical bills took effect Jan. 1.
The American Medical Association and American Hospital Association are not arguing to halt the law that protects patients from unexpected bills from providers they didnt know were outside their insurance network. Instead, they want to change the rules for the mediators who will settle the dispute between insurers and providers.
As hospital systems and insurers adjust to the pandemic, their contract negotiations grow increasingly fraught. Contracts for in-network care are ending without a new deal, leaving patients suddenly with out-of-network bills or scrambling to find new in-network providers.
A new California law requires health insurance companies to notify consumers how much remains on their deductibles and how close they are to their annual out-of-pocket spending limits.
A last-minute agreement among lawmakers restored a provision seeking to hold down rising costs of prescription medicines. Although details on which drugs will be targeted remain sketchy, the legislation would help patients buying insulin and cap Medicare beneficiaries out-of-pocket drug costs at $2,000 a year.
A Seattle patient discovers the hard way that you can still hit a lifetime limit for certain types of care. And health plans can vary a lot from one job to the next, even if the insurer is the same.
The number of Americans 65 and older is expected to nearly double in the next 40 years. Finding a way to provide and pay for the long-term health services they need won't be easy.
The University of Miami Health System charges a truck driver six times what Medicare would pay for an overnight test.
The coronavirus pandemic colored just about everything in 2020. But there was other health policy news that you either never heard or might have forgotten about: the Affordable Care Act going before the Supreme Court with its survival on the line; ditto for Medicaid work requirements. And a surprise ending to the surprise bill saga. Joanne Kenen of Politico, Anna Edney of Bloomberg News and Sarah Karlin-Smith of Pink Sheet join KHNs Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more.
A long-debated measure to stop doctors, hospitals and other health care providers from billing patients for charges not covered by their insurance will gain congressional approval as part of the sweeping government spending package.
COVID-19s long haulers patients with lingering effects of the disease have joined the ranks of Americans with preexisting conditions. For those shopping for health coverage on the individual market, heres help navigating an uncharted insurance landscape.
A provision the Trump administration tucked into its final rule on health plan price transparency requires telling consumers what they will pay out-of-pocket for drugs and showing them what the plan paid.
A California woman thought the discount on her coinsurance before an operation sounded too good to be true. Turns out, she was right.
The president entered office seeking to overturn the Affordable Care Act, revamp Medicaid and drive down prescription drug prices, among other things. Hes hit some stone walls.
Studies show that at least half of ground ambulance rides across the nation leave patients with surprise medical bills. And a $300-a-mile ride is not unusual. Yet federal legislation to stem whats known as balance billing has largely ignored ambulance costs.
With most nonemergency procedures shelved for now, many health insurers are expected to see profits in the near term, but the longer view of how the coronavirus will affect them is far more complicated and could well impact what people pay for coverage next year.
An Arm and a Leg is back sharing stories about the ways COVID-19 intersects with the cost of health care. To tackle a listeners question about health coverage, Dan Weissmann spoke with one of the countrys top insurance nerds.
Language in the CARES Act says providers who take emergency funding cannot balance-bill coronavirus patients and every patient is considered a possible COVID-19 patient.
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