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The Texas Medical Board bowed out of the rule-making process for a new law protecting consumers from surprise medical bills. Advocates hailed the new rules written by the state insurance regulators.
Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare in Memphis, Tenn., sued thousands of patients for unpaid medical bills. Journalist Wendi Thomas wrote about it. Months later, the hospital dropped 6,500 lawsuits.
The administrations proposed rule to allow states to bring in prescription medications isnt expected to provide immediate relief.
KHN correspondent Shefali Luthra was among the guests on the podcast "Today, Explained" to talk about PrEP.
After my husband had a bike accident, we were subjected to medical bills that no one would accept if they had been delivered by a contractor, or a lawyer or an auto mechanic. Such charges are sanctioned by insurers, which generally pay because they have no way to know whether you received a particular item or service and its not worth their time to investigate the millions of medical interactions they write checks for each day.
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don't have to.
KHN's Emmarie Huetteman appeared on PBS NewsHour to discuss efforts on Capitol Hill to curb the cost of prescription drugs.
Theres something new in this years Covered California open-enrollment period: Consumers are learning whether they will qualify for new state-funded financial aid. The results are mixed, with some scoring hundreds of dollars per month and others nothing.
The House passed legislation that would give federal workers 12 weeks of paid parental leave. The measure appears headed for passage in the Senate, and President Donald Trump has promised to sign the measure into law. Meanwhile, House and Senate lawmakers have a tentative deal on surprise medical bills, but dont count on a compromise just yet. Joanne Kenen of Politico, Kimberly Leonard of the Washington Examiner and Emmarie Huetteman of Kaiser Health News join guest host Mary Agnes Carey of KHN to discuss this and more. And for extra credit, the panelists offer their favorite health stories of the week they think you should read, too.
Introducing a new segment on An Arm and a Leg podcast: Can They Freaking Do That?!? We take your most vexing medical bill questions and hunt down information and experts who can help.
Its open enrollment season for health insurance. And choosing the best plan is tricky whether you have to buy insurance on your own or just figure out which plan to sign up for at work. Heres what you need to know.
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you dont have to.
In 21st-century US health care, everything is revenue, and so everything is billed.
Members of Congress and others complain Medicares revamped Plan Finder had problems. Federal officials say they can help consumers who got bad information change their plans next year. But details about how switching will work are yet to come.
The annual accounting of national health spending is out. And the 2018 health bill for the U.S. was $3.6 trillion, consuming nearly a fifth of the nations economy. Meanwhile, Congress is nearing the end of the year without having finished either its annual spending bills or several other high-priority health items. Kimberly Leonard of the Washington Examiner, Joanne Kenen of Politico and Mary Agnes Carey of Kaiser Health News join KHNs Julie Rovner to discuss this and more. Also, Rovner interviews KHNs Markian Hawryluk about the latest KHN-NPR Bill of the Month.
Consumers are admonished to be smart shoppers, but thats difficult if health care prices are clear as mud. When Sarah Macsalkas son needed stitches, she did her best to avoid the ER and still ended up with a $3,000 bill.
The pharmaceutical industrys argument that capping drug prices would compromise drug innovation stands on very shaky ground.
Called Ready, Set, PrEP, the federal program will provide medication that can reduce the chances of getting AIDS to at-risk patients who dont have insurance.
Polls show that health care is at the top of voters issues, but the polls also say Democrats, let alone other Americans, are not ready for Medicare for All.
Kvetching about the cost of health care is kind of what we do on the podcast An Arm and a Leg. This weeks episode features like-minded storytellers from the musical troupe Heck No Techo who have turned their frustrations into art and laughter.
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