Jodi Creasap Gee and her family were getting settled after their move to the Cleveland area when her daughter came into the kitchen screaming with a cut on her...
When 80-year-old “bowling queen” Kathleen DeRosa went to her doctor’s office, she was in the middle of her season with the Guys & Dolls League and her throwing shoulder...
As rural hospitals across the country close, patients have had to find an alternative plan for their treatments, Kaiser Health News reports. Karen Endicott-Coyan, a 65 year-old woman with...
When Carrie Barrett arrived at the emergency room at Memphis’ Methodist University Hospital in 2007, she had a shortness of breath, tightness in her chest, swelling in her leg,...
Daisha Smith, a 24-year-old night shift worker at a home for the elderly, was sued by Mary Washington hospital, where she was hospitalized for two weeks in 2017 while...
Consumers know all too well how it can be virtually impossible to understand the price of care before a procedure, even in a non-emergency situation. Research from Consumers for...
Consumers often need to receive prior authorization before receiving medical care. The process, however, can be confusing and cumbersome. While the practice has been criticized, including by the American...
Photo by Heidi de Marco/KHN As more states have adopted Medicaid work requirements, CQC and other consumer advocates have warned about the potential harmful consequences for some of the...
A new study from the Kaiser Family Foundation highlights how prevalent surprise bills have become for American consumers. KFF found that nearly 1 in 6 insured consumers received a...
Photo by Heidi de Marco/KHN Gary and Celeste Havener spend much of their time growing vegetables and horseback riding on their land in southeast Wyoming, 40 miles outside of...