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New York City is the latest jurisdiction to buy and forgive a backlog of unpaid medical bills for its residents. Local governments across the country, including in the Chicago area, are doing the same to reduce debt burdens for lower-income residents.
New Hampshires primary election was dominated by voters feelings about Donald Trump. But health care remains a concern and for Democrats, preserving abortion access is a priority.
Californias governor vetoed a bill extending insurance coverage for kids with hearing loss, but most states now require it.
Hospitals nationwide face growing scrutiny over how they secure payment from patients, but at one community hospital, the debt collection machine has been quietly humming along for decades.
The gold-medal gymnasts explanation of why she remained uninsured has health policy experts doing mental gymnastics because it makes little sense.
With days to go until a large chunk of the federal government runs out of money needed to keep it operating, Congress is still struggling to find a compromise spending plan. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court agreed to hear this year a case that pits federal requirements for emergency treatment against state abortion bans. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Sarah Karlin-Smith of the Pink Sheet, and Tami Luhby of CNN join 窪蹋勛圖厙 News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews American Medical Association President Jesse Ehrenfeld about the choppy waters facing the nations physicians in 2024.
Artificial intelligence software to aid radiologists in detecting problems or diagnosing cancer has been moving rapidly into clinical use, where it shows great promise. But its a turnoff for some patients asked to pay out-of-pocket for technology thats not quite ready for prime time.
Even in states where laws protect minors access to gender-affirming care, malpractice insurance premiums are keeping small and independent clinics from treating patients.
Adults who develop one autoimmune form of diabetes are often misdiagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. Those wrong diagnoses make it harder to get the appropriate medications and technology to manage their blood sugar. Many Black patients wonder if their race plays a role.
As enrollment in private Medicare Advantage plans grows, so do concerns about how well the insurance works, including from those who say they have become trapped in the private plans as their health declines.
Medicaid officials in Utah conducted a survey to answer a burning question in health policy: What happened to people dropped from the program in the post-pandemic unwinding?
Even people with good insurance aren't guaranteed affordable care, as this 窪蹋勛圖厙 News follow-up to one patients saga shows.
Why do hospitals sue patients who cant afford to pay their medical bills? On this episode of An Arm and a Leg, host Dan Weissmann investigates such lawsuits and covers new laws and regulations that may change this practice.
In the sixth year of the 窪蹋勛圖厙 News-NPR Bill of the Month series, patients shared more than 750 tales of medical billing problems, and reporters analyzed more than $730,000 in charges including more than $215,000 owed by 12 patients and their families.
Delaying cancer treatment can be deadly which makes the roadblock-riddled process that health insurers use to approve or deny care particularly daunting for oncology patients.
2023 was another busy year in health care. As the covid-19 pandemic waned, policymakers looked anew at long-standing obstacles to obtaining and paying for care in the nations health care system. Meanwhile, abortion has continued to be an issue in much of the nation, as states respond to the Supreme Courts 2022 decision overturning the constitutional right to the procedure. This week, Rachel Cohrs of Stat, Sandhya Raman of CQ Roll Call, and Joanne Kenen of Johns Hopkins University and Politico Magazine join 窪蹋勛圖厙 News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and wrap up the year in health. Also this week, Rovner interviews 窪蹋勛圖厙 News Jordan Rau about his joint 窪蹋勛圖厙 News-New York Times series Dying Broke.
The Social Security Administration is reclaiming billions of dollars in alleged overpayments from some of the nation's poorest and most vulnerable, leaving some people homeless or struggling to stay in housing, beneficiaries and advocates say.
Stories of chronic pain, drug-hopping, and insurance meddling are all too common among patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Precision medicine offers new hope.
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