Erica Zak was diagnosed with cancer when her daughter was only a week old. What she thought were pregnancy pains turned out to be colon cancer, which metastasized to...
Photo by Heidi de Marco/KHN A Colorado man’s credit score was threatened after he received a surprise medical bill for out-of-network doctors at an in-network hospital. Jeff Woodard was...
A woman in Oklahoma was charged $15,075 for four screws in her foot. In 2017, Sherry Young had surgery on her shoulder and foot at Oklahoma University Medical Center....
As Consumers for Quality Care has reported, last year Anthem announced that consumers’ emergency room visits would not be automatically covered. Instead, the insurer said it would evaluate whether...
A woman was charged $5,751 for an ice pack and a bandage, according to Vox. In 2016, Jessica Pell fainted, fell and hit her head, and cut her ear....
The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) has launched the next part of its campaign against Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield’s emergency room coverage policy. CQC wrote about this...
Hospitals are sending large bills to newborn babies, Splinter News reports: There are frantic posts about it on new mom message boards all over the internet: About $5,000 charges...
Doctors are speaking out against insurance companies’ use of ‘step therapy,’ in treatment approvals. Insurers argue that the practice helps cap increasing drug costs but doctors argue that the...
Tommy Jones lost his right arm in a farming accident when he was just 17. For the last 35 years, Jones has worked as a heavy equipment operator. Thanks...
Consumers and advocates are speaking out against lapses in the nation’s mental health parity laws, which are supposed to ensure mental health and substance abuse coverage in health care....