May 8, 2019
TX Consumer’s Hospital Bill Reduced By $22K
News 4 San Antonio’s Jaie Avila is launching a new initiative, “Show Me Your Bill.” With the program, Avila hopes to help consumers like Lavera Vincent fight back against...
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May 8, 2019
CMS Finalizes NBPP Rule, Limiting Copay Accumulators, Increasing Premium Adjustment Percentage
Photo by Heidi de Marco/KHN CMS has finalized the 2020 Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters rule (NBPP), which provides insurance companies with guidelines to create their 2020 plans....
May 8, 2019
Even With Insurance, Family Faces $15K In Medical Debt
Clarisa and Zack Corber, both 33, have a list of hopes for their young family. Clarisa wishes she could get medication for her depression and acne. Zack needs to...
May 8, 2019
Consumers Feel The Pressure Of High Deductible Plans
Consumers are feeling the squeeze as the deductibles associated with many employer-based health insurance plans continue to rise, the Los Angeles Times reports. In a new nationwide poll, the...
May 6, 2019
Analysis Shows Huge Price Variations In Blood Tests
What should a metabolic blood panel, one of the most common medical tests, cost? How much will a consumer end up paying for the test? Unfortunately for consumers, both...
May 1, 2019
Same Insurance, Same Hospital, Different Bills
Layla Parast and Erin Tylor felt lucky to have each other when they both were pregnant with their first children in 2014. Both women have doctorates and worked at...
May 1, 2019
Aetna Settles Claim Denial Lawsuit
Aetna has settled a lawsuit that included testimony in which one of the company’s medical directors admitted to not reviewing consumers’ medical records before denying their claims. An investigation...
May 1, 2019
PA Cancer Survivors Caught In Fight Between Health Care Giants
Consumers in Pennsylvania and beyond are bracing for potential impacts as two health care giants head towards a May court date, Kaiser Health News reports. The University of Pittsburgh...
May 1, 2019
Texas Teachers Face High Health Insurance Premiums, Hospital Bills
When Liz and Jeremiah Peña had their first child in 2000, their health insurance cost $100 per month. Two years later, when they welcomed another child, the premiums doubled....
May 1, 2019
Minorities More Likely To Undergo Diabetes-Related Amputations
Until 47-year-old Jackson Moss was first diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes, he says his health care was not a high priority and he often did not have health insurance....