Residents in Toledo, Ohio are the latest to have their medical debt wiped away, according to WTOL, the CBS affiliate in Toledo. To provide this debt relief, the nonprofit...
The U.S. Senate is examining the prevalence of private equity ventures within the health care system, particularly deals that result in these firms turning massive profits while hospitals are...
According to Axios, lawmakers are investigating private equity’s effect on health care, citing concerns about gaps in federal oversight and the decline in patient care standards observed in numerous...
Independent pharmacies in the Pittsburgh metro area are struggling to stay in business, owing to the monopolistic practices of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), according to KDKA, the CBS affiliate...
A new report by U.S. PIRG Education Fund, a nonprofit consumer protection organization, sheds light on how facility fees are increasingly used as “clear profit-gambits” that take advantage of...
A study conducted by KFF and reported by Bloomberg, found that while medical debt affects 20 million U.S. adults, Black Americans have the highest rates of medical debt, 13...
The Biden administration officially finalized a rule that significantly limits the use of short-term health-insurance plans and provides consumer protections for existing plans, according to Healthcare Dive. Under previous...
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...