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Consumers for Quality Care Highlights Rising Health Care Costs and New Medicare Part D Protections During Health Literacy Month
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As states debate caps stronger rules before medical debt goes to collections, policymakers are also watching the fallout from the vacated CFPB rule on credit reporting. The goal: protect patients from aggressive tactics while ensuring clear standards.
Lawmakers Consider Restrictions On Medical Debt Collections - Credit and Collection News
Lawmakers are weighing new limits on how aggressively medical debt can be collected, including caps on garnishments and stricter rules before debts ...
www.creditandcollectionnews.comAs enhanced ACA subsidies approach expiration, a bipartisan coalition has introduced the CommonGround for Affordable Health Care Act to extend premium savings, increase oversight, and add reforms that will help keep coverage affordable for families.
Bipartisan group of 38 House members unveils bill to curb rising ACA premiums - WRNJ Radio
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A bipartisan coalition of 38 House members on Tuesday introduced the “CommonGround for Affordable Health Care Act,” a...
wrnjradio.com has launched a new Ohio Hospital Price Finder Tool, giving patients, employers, and caregivers a clearer look at hospital prices across the state. More transparency can help Ohioans make informed choices about their care.
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PatientRightsAdvocate.org is a nonprofit fighting for systemwide healthcare price transparency. We seek to empower patients and consumers with ...
PatientRightsAdvocate.orgHealth care costs are rising, and even though employers partially cover premiums for workers, there’s still a cost - lower wages and fewer jobs.
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Opinion | $27,000 a Year for Health Insurance. How Can We Afford That?
The high cost of health care in America is suppressing wages, driving job losses and fueling inequality.
www.nytimes.comInsurers are publishing incomplete price transparency data and leaving Americans in the dark about how much they actually have to pay for care.
Americans deserve honesty from their insurers.
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Insurers not fully complying with price transparency rules: Study - Becker's Payer Issues | Payer...
Insurers are publishing incomplete price transparency data, with hospital inpatient information particularly sparse, according to a study published ...
www.beckerspayer.comRising health care costs will be hard on everyone. Be sure to use your resources to stay informed of current price changes. ⤵️
ACA subsidies set to expire, leaving many facing higher insurance costs
ACA subsidies are set to expire, leaving many facing higher insurance costs.
www.kctv5.comMississippi is exploring how to approach better care for women and children.
Lawmakers are hoping to focus more on childcare programs and increasing resources for mental health and substance abuse.
When Americans are healthy, the country benefits.
Senate group vets ideas for how Mississippi should act on health of women, children and families
Advocates and state agency directors have pitched recommendations to Mississippi lawmakers on how to prioritize legislative funds for the health and...
apnews.comAs health care subsidies expire, prices on insurance plans are rising. During a time where some families will be forced to go without care altogether, some Americans will be paying more for worse health insurance.
Higher cost, worse coverage: Affordable Care Act enrollees say expiring subsidies will hit them hard
Americans are feeling the strain already with less than three weeks to go until the expiration of COVID-era tax credits that have helped many people...
apnews.comThe SUPPORT Act will help mothers and infants nationwide by strengthening recovery programs, streamlining training and education for physicians, and funding substance-use disorder professionals to serve the areas with the highest overdose rates.
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