May 17, 2018
Mom Denied New Liver Writes Plea to Insurer’s CEO
Erica Zak was diagnosed with cancer when her daughter was only a week old. What she thought were pregnancy pains turned out to be colon cancer, which metastasized to...
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May 23, 2018
ALS Patients Lose Time Waiting For Insurer Approval
Photo by Heidi de Marco/KHN Sarah Benoit has been waiting for her insurance company to approve the drug her doctors tell her could help slow the progression of her...
May 17, 2018
Surprise Medical Bills Continue to Plague Consumers
Photo by Heidi de Marco/KHN A Colorado man’s credit score was threatened after he received a surprise medical bill for out-of-network doctors at an in-network hospital. Jeff Woodard was...
May 17, 2018
Hospitals Make Big Profit Off Of Low Cost Items
A woman in Oklahoma was charged $15,075 for four screws in her foot. In 2017, Sherry Young had surgery on her shoulder and foot at Oklahoma University Medical Center....
May 15, 2018
Hospitals Fight Anthem’s ER, Imaging Policies
As Consumers for Quality Care has reported, last year Anthem announced that consumers’ emergency room visits would not be automatically covered. Instead, the insurer said it would evaluate whether...
May 7, 2018
Woman Charged More Than $5,000 For Basic First Aid Supplies
A woman was charged $5,751 for an ice pack and a bandage, according to Vox. In 2016, Jessica Pell fainted, fell and hit her head, and cut her ear....
May 7, 2018
American College Of Emergency Physicians Starts New Campaign Against ER Rule
The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) has launched the next part of its campaign against Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield’s emergency room coverage policy. CQC wrote about this...
May 7, 2018
Surprise Medical Bills Sent To Newborn Babies
Hospitals are sending large bills to newborn babies, Splinter News reports: There are frantic posts about it on new mom message boards all over the internet: About $5,000 charges...
April 20, 2018
Doctors Argue ‘Step Therapy’ Harmful For Patients
Doctors are speaking out against insurance companies’ use of ‘step therapy,’ in treatment approvals. Insurers argue that the practice helps cap increasing drug costs but doctors argue that the...
April 19, 2018
Tennessee Man Fights Insurance Company For Prosthetic Arm
Tommy Jones lost his right arm in a farming accident when he was just 17. For the last 35 years, Jones has worked as a heavy equipment operator. Thanks...