Last month, John Oliver, host of HBO’s Last Week Tonight,tackled mental health care in our country, specifically, how the system is broken and ways in which we unsuccessfully try...
While nonprofit hospitals get billions of dollars in tax breaks in exchange for providing charitable support to their communities, a new analysis found that some nonprofit hospitals may only...
According to a Kaiser Family Foundation study, reported by Axios, women who are insured by large group insurance plans face nearly $3,000 in out-of-pocket costs related to pregnancy. The...
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is protecting consumers by aggressively scrutinizing hospital mergers, according to Kaiser Health News. The FTC has already blocked four hospital mergers this summer. Consolidation...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has extended the COVID-19 public health emergency through October, extending with it key flexibilities on telehealth and Medicaid eligibility, according...
One in five American adults reported receiving surprise medical bills this year even though the No Surprises Act went into effect January 1, according to a Morning Consult survey...
Medicaid consumers in Oregon are likely to have few mental health services options as a result of discrepancies between provider directories and actual providers available, according to research from...
Amid historically high inflation and looming fears of a recession, consumers are cutting back on critical mental health care treatment and services, according to Market Watch. According to a...
According to Kaiser Health News, consumers diagnosed with cancer not only face physical and emotional challenges, but must also confront some of the most expensive costs in health care,...
Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace insurers were found to deny nearly one-in-five in- network claims in 2020, according to a new report from the Kaiser Family Foundation and reported...
Mental Health Care: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
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John Oliver discusses the cracks in our broken mental health care system, some of the inadequate ways we’ve tried to fill them, and what it all has to do wit...
Big Hospitals Provide Skimpy Charity Care—Despite Billions in Tax Breaks
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Nonprofit medical institutions get large federal benefits in exchange for providing support to their communities but often lag behind their for-profit peers, a Wall Street Journal analysis shows.
Congress Must Relieve Americans' Out-of-Pocket Costs
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With historic inflation and an ongoing pandemic, Americans have enough to worry about right now. The reality is that these uncertainties have only added to one of consumers’ biggest long-term st
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Six months after a federal price transparency rule went into effect, only 6 percent of hospitals were found to be in total compliance of the law, according to a...
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A new report found that North Carolina’s seven major hospital systems raked in millions of dollars in profits during the COVID-19 pandemic at taxpayers’ expense, according to WECT 6....