A new study from Health Affairs highlights the impact that hospital prices have on the nation’s health care spending, Modern Healthcare reports. The study found that increasing hospital prices...
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...
When David Lerman’s insurance changed to Anthem Blue Cross of California this year, he did not realize that the insurer was in a dispute with the largest medical provider...
The new federal rule that requires hospitals to post list prices online was meant to help consumers comparison shop. Now, a California Healthline investigation examines how this new policy...
Feeling burdened by high medical costs, more and more consumers are turning to crowdsourcing on the Internet. Over the summer, Consumer for Quality Care reported on this trend, which...
Matt Gleason got a flu shot when his employer offered them for free in the office, but he fainted five minutes after receiving his shot. Gleason has a history...
When Sterling Slade got in a motorcycle accident last April, he was taken by ambulance to Intermountain Medical Center. Unconscious and fighting a catastrophic brain injury, Slade had no...
While consumers increasingly are facing expensive balance billing and surprise bills and many rural hospitals are closing, some Texas hospitals are bringing in huge profits, The Dallas Morning News...
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...
Photo by Heidi de Marco/KHN As of January 1, hospitals are required to post list prices online, although it is not immediately clear how helpful the new postings will...