Hospitals Earn Little From Suing For Unpaid Bills. For Patients, It Can Be ‘Ruinous’
(By Selena Simmons-Duffin for NPR) The Fredericksburg General District Court is a red-brick courthouse with Greek columns in a picturesque,
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Month: June 2019
BCBS of Minnesota buys joint ownership of hospital’s 20 clinics
(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review ) Minneapolis-based North Memorial Health and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota
Read MoreFuzzy Math Fuels Sanders’ Claim That Cost Barriers To Health Care Kill 30,000 A Year
(By Shefali Luthra for Kaiser Health News) “Medicare for All” — or single-payer health care — is a flagship issue
Read MoreTrump Administration Seeks More Health Care Cost Details For Consumers
(By Julie Appleby for Kaiser Health News) Anyone who has tried to “shop” for hospital services knows one thing: It’s
Read MoreIn Secret, Seniors Discuss ‘Rational Suicide’
(By Melissa Bailey for Kaiser Health News) Ten residents slipped away from their retirement community one Sunday afternoon for a
Read MorePatients with feared superbug shed large amounts of it from their skin, study says
(By Helen Branswell for ST A T) N ew research on a frightening new superbug confirms what scientists have both
Read MoreHow Many Medicare Part D Enrollees Had High Out-of-Pocket Drug Costs in 2017?
(By Juliette Cubanski, Tricia Neuman, And Anthony Damcio for Kaiser Family Foundation) The Medicare Part D prescription drug benefit has
Read More71% of Americans aware of antibiotic resistance, yet confusion remains: 4 stats from a new data report
(By Anne-Marie Kommers for Becker’s Hospital Review ) Seventy-one percent of the public says they have heard of and know
Read MoreTrump order on healthcare price transparency coming next week, Wall Street Journal says
(By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review ) President Donald Trump plans to issue an executive order on healthcare price
Read MoreThese ten common health expenses standard Medicare does not cover
Medicare has a few restrictions on what it will pay for. So, to avoid unpleasant surprises, you should make sure
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