Recent bills introduced in the Michigan state legislature would require insurance companies to cover medically necessary mental health or substance abuse treatments in the same way they do physical...
Senator Bernie Sanders (D-VT) is calling on nonprofit hospitals, which enjoy generous tax exemptions, to do more for their communities by providing more charity care, Axios reports. Sanders’ interest...
A recent study published in the JAMA Internal Medicine journal, and reported by The Washington Post, found that the quoted cost of childbirth in the United States varied greatly,...
Nearly three-quarters of a million New Yorkers carry some form of medical debt, and nearly half carry debts of at least $500, according to research provided by the Urban...
This summer, UnitedHealth announced plans for the $3.3 billion merger with Amedisys, a home health and hospice provider. Now, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) are...
A federal judge overturned a rule that previously allowed health insurers to exclude copay assistance from counting toward a patient’s cost-sharing requirements, a tactic that often raises prescription drug...
Many members of Congress, Capitol Hill staffers, and industry stakeholders believe that legislation aimed at reining in the pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) industry will pass before the legislative session...
A recent study conducted by the University of Texas Medical Branch, and reported by Vox, found widespread disparities between the listed online price and estimates received by phone for...
Five years ago, rival hospital companies in an Appalachian region convinced lawmakers that their merger would not hurt consumers, but an investigation by KFF Health News last month reports...
A partnership between the financial services company EarnIn and the nonprofit RIP Medical Debt recently wiped out $13.9 million in medical debt for nearly 10,000 residents of Bexar County,...