A recent study found that narrow-network plans offer even more limited mental health care, Reuters reports. Narrow-network plans were created to bring lower-cost health insurance plans to ACA markets....
Consumers are almost always justified in visiting the emergency room despite recent cutbacks from insurers. A new study from the University of California at San Francisco has found that...
Photo by Heidi de Marco/KHN Despite state law, consumers in Virginia may have difficulty getting proton therapy, a treatment for cancer, covered. The parent company of Virginia’s only proton...
Aetna has come under fire after exposing some costumers’ HIV status. The insurer sent letters to consumers, which contained information about changes in access to HIV medications. According to...
A new study by the Doctors-Patient Rights Project (DPRP), found that over 50 million Americans are lacking access to health treatments, despite having insurance. Specifically, the study looked at...
Indiana residents covered by Anthem will soon have to think twice before visiting the emergency room. The insurer will notify customers that their ER visits might not be covered...
Almost a year after Mylan Pharmaceuticals was the subject of an outpouring of public disapproval; the Justice Department has reached a settlement with the company. The settlement includes reimbursements...
A new study published in the American Journal of Medicine suggests that poorer patients are spending more for hospital care. While Medicare patients pay a fixed amount for inpatient...
Photo by Heidi de Marco/KHN Hospitals’ public announcements of their newest and most innovative surgeries, procedures and technologies are less than helpful to consumers, Axios reports. Hospitals will often issue...
Patients groups representing individuals with hemophilia have filed a civil rights complaint in Iowa that accuses health insurer Wellmark of engaging in discrimination, Washington Examiner reports. National Hemophilia Foundation,...