Although many hospitals are engaging in predatory, anti-patient practices meant to pad their bottom line while enriching their executives, Rochester Regional Health in New York has instituted policies that...
The Biden administration is working to drop medical debt from consumers’ credit reports, according to The Wall Street Journal and Axios. Currently, 15 million consumers carry nearly $50 billion...
A dozen cancer patients are accusing Memorial Medical Center in New Mexico, a for-profit, private equity-backed hospital, of denying them critical cancer care, according to an investigative report by...
A two-year project conducted by the Lown Institute has found that financial-assistance policies vary greatly between hospitals nationwide – including between hospitals in the same city within walking distance...
For patients living with cancer, the physical toll is only part of the ordeal, as many are also burdened with the financial hardships – and their emotional repercussions –...
Reports released by the Health and Human Services Department (HHS), and covered by The New York Times, found that uninsured rates among minority groups — including Black, Hispanic, and...
Ballad Health is a large 20-hospital system serving over 1 million residents in northeast Tennessee and southwest Virginia. The system was established six years ago, when Tennessee and Virginia...
Independent and family-owned pharmacies across Oregon are struggling to stay in business due to monopolistic practices of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), according to OregonLive. Brooklyn Pharmacy, owned by Pat...
Independent pharmacies throughout Pennsylvania are struggling to stay in business, thanks to the monopolistic practices of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), according to Pennsylvania Capital-Star. Bob Schreiber of Morrisville opened...
The most populous county in the country, Los Angeles County, is debuting a new approach for handling medical debt, a nearly $3 billion problem in the county, according to...