Maternal mortality rates are far higher in the U.S. than in other developed countries, especially for women of color. ‘New Jersey is particularly affected by this crisis’ … Read...
For Immediate Release April 29, 2021 Contact: press@consumers4qualitycare.org WASHINGTON — Consumers for Quality Care (CQC), a coalition of advocates and former policymakers working to provide a voice for patients...
Consumers for Quality Care Speaks Out on Trinitas Medical Center’s Harmful Collection Practices For Immediate Release Wednesday, April 28, 2021 Contact: press@consumers4qualitycare.org WASHINGTON – Recent reporting revealed that Trinitas Medical...
A recent poll conducted by Consumers for Quality Care found that 56 percent of people agree that COVID-19 has shown racial disparities in our health care system, and more...
For Immediate Release Wednesday, April 21, 2021 Contact: press@consumers4qualitycare.org WASHINGTON – The University of Virginia Health System announced that it will cancel tens of thousands of financially devastating liens and...
For Immediate Release March 29, 2021 Contact: Press@Consumers4QualityCare.org The new video aims to highlight the popular improvements lawmakers can enact to improve insurance coverage WASHINGTON – Today, Consumers for Quality...
For Immediate Release March 18, 2021 Contact: Press@Consumers4QualityCare.org WASHINGTON – Board members of Consumers for Quality Care issued the following statement today applauding the Senate’s confirmation of Xavier Becerra to...
For Immediate Release March 11, 2021 Contact: Press@Consumers4QualityCare.org Researchers from Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy joined CQC for release event WASHINGTON, D.C – Today Consumers for Quality...
The COVID-19 crisis has underscored the importance of quality health care and data reveals that it has also heightened patient concerns about the ability to pay for care. In...
The COVID-19 crisis underscored the importance of quality health care, and new data reveals it also intensified patient anxieties about the ability to pay for care. In a survey...
Most top hospitals charge a more than 5x markup
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Texas and Pennsylvania hospitals top the list of highest markups for uninsured patients.
How America’s top hospitals send patient costs soaring
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A new analysis by Johns Hopkins University reveals the tactics hospitals use to pursue patients with unpaid bills.
In Alleged Health Care ‘Money Grab,’ Nation’s Largest Hospital Chain Cashes In on Trauma Centers
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HCA charges patients an “activation fee” of up to $50,000 for trauma teams at centers located in half its 179 hospitals — and they often don’t need trauma care, an analysis of insurance claims data...
Patients can't count drug discounts toward health insurance deductible
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America's health care system is so consolidated that pharmacy benefit managers and insurers can mandate rules that cost patients thousands.
Children in rural areas face increasing barriers to pediatric care - STAT
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Nearly 1 in 4 children would now have to travel farther to access inpatient hospital care than they did a decade ago, the researchers found.