An emergency room visit for dehydration resulted in a $5,000 bill, coming as a shock to the consumer that received this bill, former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams,...
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is taking on a larger role to confront the pervasive issue of medical debt, intensifying its efforts to shield consumers from predatory health...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) is investigating UnitedHealth for alleged antitrust violations, according to The Wall Street Journal and Healthcare Dive. Not only is UnitedHealth the largest private health...
Most hospitals across the country are still not compliant with federal price transparency laws, according to a study conducted by Patient Rights Advocate (PRA) and reported by Healthcare Dive....
A New Jersey woman spent over six years fighting a $225,000 hospital bill for a pacemaker according to NorthJersey.com. Seiko Bando was admitted to the emergency department at Christ...
A bipartisan letter from 39 state attorneys general calls on Congress to take “decisive action” to rein in pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), Healthcare Dive reports. The letter was sent...
The Foo Fighters recently partnered with health care advocacy organization Power to the Patients, performing a private concert in Washington, D.C. for members of Congress, their staff, and health...
Christopher Marks, a patient battling for coverage of a higher dose of a diabetic medication, has encapsulated a wider issue—prior authorization hurdles within our health care system, according to...
A recent contract dispute between a major insurer and a health system in California put consumers in peril, causing them to be unsure if there would be disruptions with...
A 9News/Colorado Sun investigation done in collaboration with the Colorado News Collaborative and KFF Health News found that for the last four years, UCHealth, Colorado’s largest nonprofit hospital system,...