North Carolina State Lawmakers are considering legislation both to safeguard consumers against high medical debt and to provide certain patients access to free health care, according to My Fox...
In Oregon, state lawmakers are weighing a bill designed to ensure low-income consumers receive discounted medical care, Philomath News reports. Under IRS rules, nonprofit hospitals are required to...
In an effort to help enforce federal price transparency laws, the Colorado State Senate recently passed SB 252, Colorado Politics reports. The bill, which passed the Senate 22-11,...
In 2020, the majority of private nonprofit hospitals in the United States spent less on charity care and community investments than they received in tax breaks. According to Revcycle...
A family’s desperate attempt to get their daughter critical life-saving treatment for depression turned into a nightmare situation with their insurance provider, according to NPR. Then 15-year-old Rose suffered...
A new poll conducted by Meredith College in Raleigh, North Carolina found that over 30 percent of respondents said that their health insurance company does not have their best...
The three major credit bureaus will no longer include medical debt under $500 on consumer credit reports, according to The Washington Post. Lenders use credit reports to determine whether...
Despite the No Surprises Act being in effect for over two years, hospitals have been adding new fees for services and treatments provided at clinics owned by them. But...
Some companies are finding ways to help consumers save on drug costs by selling generics directly to them without going through their insurers. In an opinion piece published by...
Since the passage of a 2021 federal rule requiring hospitals to post their prices publicly for every service and medication they provide, consumer groups argue that not all hospitals...