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CQC Launches a New Video Urging Common Sense Health Care Reforms that Put Patients First

Standardized Plans in Individual Market Health Insurance

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The COVID Effect: Expectations for Health Care Coverage, Cost, and Quality in 2021

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COVID-19 Response:

Learn more about how CQC’s coalition partners are serving patients and consumers during the COVID-19 pandemic, providing key resources, information, and advocacy in this challenging time.

Opioid Overdose Rates Among White Americans Level Off, Deaths Among Black Americans Increase

Poll: Montanans support Medicaid expansion, VA, telehealth; worry about increasing costs

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September 22, 2021

Opioid Overdose Rates Among White Americans Level Off, Deaths Among Black Americans Increase

According to Nevada Public Radio, a new study from the National Institute on Drug Abuse found that the rate of opioid death among Black Americans increased by 38 percent...

September 22, 2021

Couple Caught in $250,000 Billing Dispute between Hospital, Insurer After Death of Newborn

A New York couple, with good health insurance, are currently in a $257,000 billing dispute with both their hospital and insurer for the care of their daughter, who tragically...

September 22, 2021

Consumers Now Being Hit with Bills for COVID-19 Testing and Care

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to persist, The New York Times reports that Americans will most likely pay significantly more for COVID-19 medical care as insurers begin to treat...