Many hospitals and medical providers are now requiring consumers to pay in advance before receiving medical care, according to The Wall Street Journal. Heather Miconi’s daughter, Trista, needed to...
The nation’s largest physician-led hospital system, Steward Health Care, has officially filed for bankruptcy after months of speculation and continued fallout from its previous private equity acquisition, according to reporting...
A new investigative report from ProPublica is shining light on the dishonest practices employed by Cigna, practices that interfere with the doctor-patient relationship, pressuring doctors to reject insurance claims. ...
According to a survey by the American Cancer Society’s Cancer Action Network, nearly half of all cancer patients have medical debt, even though nearly all these consumers have health...
The number of consumers with medical debt on their credit reports has dropped since 2022, but millions of consumers still have debt on their files, according to The New...
Recent reporting by Stateline revealed that consumers across the country are often being charged hospital facility fees for a variety of services and procedures conducted in clinics and outpatient...
A new report by the American Economic Association, reported by The Wall Street Journal, finds that health care mergers do little if anything to benefit consumers. Instead, these mergers...
The nation’s largest private health care insurer, UnitedHealth, is under a microscope by lawmakers and regulators due to antitrust concerns and a recent cyberattack which had far-reaching implications across...
A study commissioned by the Mental Health Treatment and Research Institute found that insurers are not covering mental health services in the same way they do physical health care,...
A new report by the Private Equity Stakeholder Project (PESP) is shedding light on how private equity hurts health care consumers across the country, according to Healthcare Dive. Last...