Appeals Court Upholds Free Preventive Services under the ACA
The Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently reversed a lower court decision that would have struck down an ACA mandate requiring health insurers to cover free, preventive...
A bipartisan bill reintroduced in the U.S. Senate aims to reform prior-authorization processes and standards for consumers on Medicare Advantage plans, according to Axios. The Improving Seniors’ Timely Access...
The Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently reversed a lower court decision that would have struck down an ACA mandate requiring health insurers to cover free, preventive...
A bipartisan coalition of 32 State Attorneys General are petitioning the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on a case concerning pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) regulation, according to Fierce...
A study published by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), and reported by The Wall Street Journal and Axios, found a correlation between soaring hospital prices and job...
A recently enacted state law in Indiana may lead to an increase in proposed hospital mergers, according to KFF Health News. The executives pushing these mergers often promise better...
Although many hospitals are engaging in predatory, anti-patient practices meant to pad their bottom line while enriching their executives, Rochester Regional Health in New York has instituted policies that...
The Biden administration is working to drop medical debt from consumers’ credit reports, according to The Wall Street Journal and Axios. Currently, 15 million consumers carry nearly $50 billion...
A dozen cancer patients are accusing Memorial Medical Center in New Mexico, a for-profit, private equity-backed hospital, of denying them critical cancer care, according to an investigative report by...
A two-year project conducted by the Lown Institute has found that financial-assistance policies vary greatly between hospitals nationwide – including between hospitals in the same city within walking distance...
For patients living with cancer, the physical toll is only part of the ordeal, as many are also burdened with the financial hardships – and their emotional repercussions –...