A new analysis from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, and reported by KFF Health News, found that about 810,000, or 1 in 10, adults in the...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans has maintained its partial “stay,” or freeze, on a lower-court ruling that struck down nationwide the free,...
Colin and Lindsay Hanson moved to Arizona from the harsh cold of Michigan so that Colin, who lives with multiple sclerosis (MS), could have a better life. Unfortunately, they...
Federal protections enacted during the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic prevented states from dropping consumers from Medicaid. But now that those protections have expired, more than 600,000 Americans have...
This year, eight states have begun to seek federal approval for expanded postpartum Medicaid coverage, KFF Health News reports, joining the majority of states that have extended postpartum Medicaid...
Access Health Inc., a nonprofit health care organization based in Muskegon County, joined forces with RIP Medical Debt, another nonprofit, to alleviate $25 million in medical debt for over...
A new study published in Health Affairs found that nonprofit hospitals continue to see their profits increase and their cash reserves grow while the amount they provide in the...
It’s nothing new for nonprofit hospitals to engage in predatory and aggressive tactics in order to collect medical debt. Yet a recent report from The New York Times found...
As pandemic-era policies expire, Medicaid redeterminations are beginning across the country. Early data on these redeterminations, according to reporting by The New York Times, show that hundreds of thousands...
When an American citizen now living overseas came back to America to attend his daughter’s wedding, his unplanned medical emergency led to his receiving a five-figure bill, according to...