In a recent op-ed published in Newsweek, Vidor Friedman, President of the American College of Emergency Physicians, pushed back against a controversial ER policy, which he calls “disturbing.” The...
American health care consumers are frequently frustrated by unexpected costs, a lack of clarity throughout the process of accessing care and other roadblocks when it comes to getting the...
New Hampshire resident Donna Backman was selected to be Sen. Maggie Hassan’s (D-NH) guest for the State of the Union address earlier this month. Sen. Hassan invited Backman to...
A recent New York Times article highlights the negative consequences of large-scale health care mergers, such as hospital mergers. The increasing occurrences of mergers and consolidation have previously been...
The Colorado State Legislature recently introduced legislation to protect consumers from surprise medical bills, FOX reports. Surprise billing, a practice where consumers are charged for receiving care from out-of-network...
When Luke Drager wiped out while skim-boarding in Hilton Head, his parents took him to Hilton Head Hospital’s emergency room because they feared he had broken his ankle. At...
Over a 9-year period, Colorado consumers could have saved $11.5 billion if hospitals contained costs and profit margins, The Associated Press reports. According to a new state report, hospitals...
Consumers in Georgia believe they were misled by Anthem, according to local NBC station 11Alive. John Marks, a retiree who has survived both cancer and a heart attack, is...
State regulators do not have the authority or capacity to regulate the marketing of potentially risky short-term insurance plans, according to Modern Healthcare. The article cites a new study...
When Paul Sweatman’s left ankle swelled to three times its normal size in 2017, his first stop was an urgent care clinic. The urgent care said that the case...