The Biden administration is issuing new warnings to consumers about the dangers of high interest medical credit cards and loans, according to KFF Health News. A recent report released...
Cook County, IL, which encompasses the greater Chicago area, has forgiven unpaid medical debts for thousands of residents, improving credit scores and reducing financial stress, WGN9 reports. For many,...
NPR recently highlighted how residents in a region of the country, made up of hundreds of counties predominately in the South, are disproportionally burdened by medical debt. Of the...
An algorithm utilized by emergency departments (EDs) to identify the overutilization of medical services runs the risk of unfairly penalizing Black and Hispanic consumers for seeking care compared to...
U.S. maternal mortality rates are twice as high for today’s mothers as they were a generation ago, and in Louisiana, poverty and inadequate access to care exacerbate these already...
Last month, the U.S. Senate Finance Committee unveiled a framework aimed at reforming how pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) operate, according to Fierce Healthcare. Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-OR)...
Visits to emergency departments by children and young adults to treat mental health-related issues, specifically suicide-related visits, shows just how dire America’s mental health crisis has become, according to...
The closure of Delaware County Memorial Hospital in suburban Philadelphia has hurt overall health care delivery for consumers, according to CBS News. The Pennsylvania Health Department shut down the...
There’s a growing problem among nonprofit hospitals in America, according to recent reporting by Medical Xpress, a problem that involves the allocation of resources between trustee compensation and charity...
Bronx rapper Fat Joe is using his voice on Capitol Hill to raise awareness for more price transparency in hospital billing, according to ABC News. Fat Joe partnered with...