The number of consumers who have skipped or delayed medical care due to cost has risen since 2020 and 2021, according to a Federal Reserve Survey, as reported by...
A new Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) analysis reported by Axios found that if a debt ceiling bill with Medicaid work requirements were to be signed into law, nearly 2...
Most Americans lack the ability to cover an emergency expense of $400 or more, according to a poll conducted by Morning Consult and reported by Bloomberg. Less than 50...
Bipartisan legislation being considered by the U.S. House of Representatives would extend federal antitrust oversight to nonprofit hospitals. According to Fierce Healthcare, the Stop Anticompetitive Healthcare Act would grant...
The federal No Surprises Act, which went into effect last year, has had a number of benefits for consumers. But its implementation has also resulted in bureaucratic and legal...
The Biden administration is issuing new warnings to consumers about the dangers of high interest medical credit cards and loans, according to KFF Health News. A recent report released...
Cook County, IL, which encompasses the greater Chicago area, has forgiven unpaid medical debts for thousands of residents, improving credit scores and reducing financial stress, WGN9 reports. For many,...
NPR recently highlighted how residents in a region of the country, made up of hundreds of counties predominately in the South, are disproportionally burdened by medical debt. Of the...
An algorithm utilized by emergency departments (EDs) to identify the overutilization of medical services runs the risk of unfairly penalizing Black and Hispanic consumers for seeking care compared to...
U.S. maternal mortality rates are twice as high for today’s mothers as they were a generation ago, and in Louisiana, poverty and inadequate access to care exacerbate these already...