Aiming to address the maternal health crisis, Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) and Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) have reintroduced the Maximizing Outcomes for Moms through Medicaid Improvement and Enhancement of...
For over 70 years, nonprofit hospitals have used aggressive public relations campaigns and debt collection tactics as a way to validate medical debt, all while raking in massive profits,...
Consumers from a variety of backgrounds, including a decorated Olympic gymnast, have increasingly turned to crowdfunding campaigns to pay their medical bills, according The New York Times. Mary Lou...
Atrium Health, a major North Carolina health care provider, announced last month that it would no longer file lawsuits against patients over unpaid medical expenses, NC Health News reports....
The federal No Surprises Act, which went into effect nearly two years ago, has greatly benefitted consumers. But disagreements over the law’s arbitration system between insurers and providers could...
Recent bills introduced in the Michigan state legislature would require insurance companies to cover medically necessary mental health or substance abuse treatments in the same way they do physical...
Senator Bernie Sanders (D-VT) is calling on nonprofit hospitals, which enjoy generous tax exemptions, to do more for their communities by providing more charity care, Axios reports. Sanders’ interest...
A recent study published in the JAMA Internal Medicine journal, and reported by The Washington Post, found that the quoted cost of childbirth in the United States varied greatly,...
Nearly three-quarters of a million New Yorkers carry some form of medical debt, and nearly half carry debts of at least $500, according to research provided by the Urban...
This summer, UnitedHealth announced plans for the $3.3 billion merger with Amedisys, a home health and hospice provider. Now, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) are...