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...
A private equity firm’s controlling stake in a struggling Massachusetts hospital chain has left the system in worse shape after ten years of ownership. Today, the hospital system is...
Multiple government agencies are launching a coordinated public inquiry into the control and influence exerted by private equity firms in the health care industry, according to Healthcare Dive. The...
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairperson Lina Khan recently offered heavy criticism of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), accusing them of failing to fully cooperate with the agency’s probe into potentially...