HHS Announces Actions to Protect Consumers and Lower Health Care Costs
(Source – www.cms.gov/newsroom) The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), announced actions to protect consumers from junk health
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States ranked by healthcare affordability
(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review) Texas is the worst state for healthcare access and affordability, according to a
Read MoreBiden Administration Issues New Warning About Medical Credit Cards
(By Noam N. Levey for KFF Health News) The Biden administration on Thursday cautioned Americans about the growing risks of
Read MoreAHA: High deductible, short-term plans are driving medical debt
(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review) Inadequate insurance coverage is one of the main causes of medical debt, American
Read MoreBiden Administration Urged to Take More Aggressive Steps to Relieve Medical Debt
(By Noam N. Levey for Kaiser Health News) Dozens of advocates for patients and consumers, citing widespread harm caused by
Read MoreA ‘medical cost-sharing’ plan left this minister to pay most of his $160,000 bill
(By Bram Sable-Smith for NPR) Kareen King calls it “the ultimate paradox”: The hospital that saved her husband Jeff’s heart
Read MoreGet care now, pay later?: Health care sees a surge in financing platforms for patients
(By Katie Palmer for STAT) As inflation-weary shoppers try to make ends meet, many are turning to a modern twist
Read MoreKHN-NPR’s ‘Bill of the Month’ at 5: A Treasury of Solutions for Confounding Medical Bills
A crowdsourced investigation by KHN and NPR published on December 23, 2022 In 2022, readers shared more than 1,000 personal stories of
Read MoreWhat Germany’s Coal Miners Can Teach America About Medical Debt
(By Noam N. Levey for Kaiser Health News) PÜTTLINGEN, Germany — Almost every day, Dr. Eckart Rolshoven sees the long
Read MoreHow Banks and Private Equity Cash In When Patients Can’t Pay Their Medical Bills
(By Noam N. Levey and Aneri Pattani for Kaiser Health News) Patients at North Carolina-based Atrium Health get what looks
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