For consumers with chronic illnesses in need of specialized, and often expensive, prescription drugs, copay assistance programs help keep these medicines affordable. But according to KFF Health News, policy...
More than two dozen states are looking to follow New Jersey, Washington, and Washington, D.C. in passing legislation aimed at addressing health care problems caused by prior authorization hurdles...
Elected officials, antitrust enforcers, health care advocates, and consumers in Minnesota and Louisiana have taken steps to combat the prevalence of health care system merger proposals. Such mergers often...
In 2021, most private nonprofit hospitals in the United States spent less on charity care and community investments than they received in tax breaks. According to Healthcare Dive, a...
A study conducted by the Tennessee Department of Health, and reported by KFF Health News, found that in the six years since Ballad Health became a 20-hospital system behemoth,...
An Indiana hospital charged a woman hundreds of dollars for a routine preventive-care colonoscopy that she believed would be covered by her insurance, according to WVPE, an NPR affiliate...
Although Colorado has become a national leader in advancing policies meant to lessen the burden of medical debt for residents, lawmakers are hoping to do even more, according to...
The Ingham County Board of Commissioners recently announced a partnership with the nonprofit organization RIP Medical Debt to bring immediate financial relief to thousands of residents carrying medical debt,...
This year, the Michigan state budget includes a $4.5 million appropriation that is estimated to provide $450 million in medical debt relief for 180,000 state residents. This debt relief...
Washington state recently scored a huge victory against a medical-debt collection company, which must now pay more than $800,000 for violating the patients’ rights against unfair collection practices, according...