Independent pharmacies in rural communities around the country are closing, due to the monopolistic practices of pharmacy benefit managers, also known as PBMs. This wave of closures has hurt...
In a historic move, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont has announced the cancellation of approximately $650 million in medical debt for 250,000 residents, making Connecticut the first state to provide...
Republican lawmakers in three Southern states – Alabama, Georgia, and Mississippi – are exploring proposals to expand their state public health insurance programs in order to cover more residents,...
Authors of a new book, “The City and the Hospital” found that living near a nonprofit hospital doesn’t necessarily guarantee that you will have access to the medical treatment...
The Courier Journal’s Bonnie Jean Feldkamp, who suffers from an autoimmune disease, knows all too well about the prior authorization process, which can often hurt health outcomes by making...
Although preventive procedures are covered under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), hospitals are charging consumers “facility fees” for these services, according to KFF Health News. Kristy Uddin, 49, an...
The Pennsylvania Insurance Department recently launched its Independent Review Program, which aims to offer consumers another chance to have their medical appeal reviewed when their insurer has already denied...
An Illinois couple was charged hundreds of dollars for a routine preventive care colonoscopy that they believed would be covered by their insurance, according to KFF Health News. Chantal...
A regional hospital in rural Oklahoma has filed close to 5,000 debt collection lawsuits against the residents of this 18,000-person town since the early 1990s, according to KFF Health...
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy is making it his priority to provide relief to state residents who are suffering from crippling medical debt, as reported by NJ Advance Media. ...