Some hospitals are employing a new tactic to get unpaid medical bills from patients. Instead of simply sending collection notices or making phone calls, the hospitals have begun suing individual...
Todd Rice is a 48-year-old anesthesiologist who, until recently, was in perfect health. Then, one summer, he lost 20 pounds and found himself with an unquenchable thirst and blurry...
Photo by Heidi de Marco/KHN As consumers shop for health care coverage during open enrollment, it is important that they read the fine print and understand any potential changes...
When Eric McDermott opened his mail to find a $7,300 bill from the Children’s Hospital at OU Medicine, he was shocked. The 2016 bill was related to his daughter’s...
Beth Galdo Desher, a mom from South Jersey, has been doing all she can to keep her metastatic breast cancer under control. Since the 42-year-old was diagnosed with stage...
Arline Feilen lost her husband, a veteran, to suicide in 2013. In 2016, her dad lost his fight with cancer. Then, in February 2019, her 89-year-old mother succumbed to...
As consumers across the country grapple with the high cost of medical care, more and more are looking for alternatives to help supplement their coverage. Many have turned to...
Jerrid Soupir hadn’t been feeling well before he went limp and fell to the ground while playing a baseball game. What Soupir, then 46, thought was a summer cold...
Jennifer Alvarado and her seven-year-old daughter, Sophia, live in Kyle, Texas, outside of Austin. Sophia has actin myopathy, a rare genetic disorder, that leaves her unable to move or...
Lauren Bard’s daughter, Sadie, made a dramatic entrance when she was born in September 2018. At just 26 months, she weighed under a pound and a half. Sadie was...