FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JUNE 28, 2022 Contact: Press@Consumers4QualityCare.org CQC Nonprofit Hospital Scorecard: Colorado Nonprofit Hospitals Earn a #HospitalFail WASHINGTON – Despite being tax-exempt, nonprofit hospitals around the country...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JUNE 15, 2022 Contact: Press@Consumers4QualityCare.org CQC Nonprofit Hospital Scorecard: Pennsylvania Nonprofit Hospitals Earn a #HospitalFail WASHINGTON – Despite being tax-exempt, nonprofit hospitals around the country...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JUNE 8, 2022 Contact: Press@Consumers4QualityCare.org Insuring the Insured: Consumer Expectations and Experiences with Health Care Costs and Coverage in 2022 New Impact Research-Public Opinion Strategies poll...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 7, 2022 Contact: press@consumers4qualitycare.org Consumers for Quality Care Celebrates Five Years Shining a Light on the Health Care Experience After five years, the organization and...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 10, 2022 Contact: press@consumers4qualitycare.org CQC Nonprofit Hospital Scorecard: Indiana Nonprofit Hospitals Earn a #HospitalFail WASHINGTON – Despite being tax-exempt, nonprofit hospitals around the country are...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 29, 2022 Contact: press@consumers4qualitycare.org Consumers for Quality Care Welcomes 2023 Health Insurance Standards from HHS WASHINGTON – CQC applauds the U.S. Department of Health and Human...
April 21, 2022 Chiquita Brooks-LaSure Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Hubert H. Humphrey Building 200 Independence Avenue, S.W., Room 445-G Washington, D.C. 20201 Dear Administrator Brooks-LaSure: Consumers...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 14, 2022 Contact: press@consumers4qualitycare.org CQC Nonprofit Hospital Scorecard: North Carolina Nonprofit Hospitals Earn a #HospitalFail WASHINGTON – Despite being tax-exempt, nonprofit hospitals around the country...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 13, 2022 Contact: press@consumers4qualitycare.org CQC Applauds Biden-Harris Administration for Addressing Predatory Medical Debt Collection Coalition also urges administration to tackle root cause of medical debt...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 29, 2022 Contact: press@consumers4qualitycare.org WASHINGTON — Consumers for Quality Care (CQC), a coalition of advocates and former policy makers working to provide a voice for...
A Surgery Shatters Retirement Plans and Leads to Bankruptcy
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Sherrie Foy had surgeries and medical complications that produced about $850,000 in bills. The Foys ended up declaring bankruptcy. “They took everything we had.”
Nineteen Surgeries Over Five Years. Then They Lost Their House.
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Even though one Colorado woman had health insurance, she was swamped with $250,000 in medical debt from surgeries for a twisted intestine. “It was five years of hell,” said her husband.
Denied Care for a Dangerous Infection Because of Past-Due Bills
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One seriously ill Arizona man was denied care because of past-due bills. His only choice was to go to the ER, where he was stuck with thousands of dollars of additional bills he couldn’t pay.
Summer 2022 Research | Consumers for Quality Care
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Summer 2022 Research Insuring the Insured: Consumer Expectations and Experiences with Health Care Costs and Coverage in 2022 New survey from Impact Research and Public Opinion Strategies reveals lowering out-of-pocket costs top voter concerns A new poll from Impact Research and Public Opinion Strate...