Wolfgang Balzer did what experts recommend for effectively shopping for health care services. Balzer, who works as an engineer in Connecticut, had known for a number of years that...
When a doctor writes their patient a prescription, the goal is to improve the patient’s health and quality of life. Considerations like side effects or potential interactions with other...
Joclyn Krevat was sitting at her computer in 2011 when she received a new LinkedIn request. Krevat recognized the name but was nonetheless baffled by the request. The woman...
When consumers receive a bill from a hospital or doctor visit that they do not understand or disagree with, they have a right to appeal the charges. While the...
Since it opened in 2002, the mental health unit in eastern Montana’s Glendive Medical Center unit has been empty much of the time. Even though the town has a...
In a recent segment of his show Last Week Tonight, John Oliver explores how biases in medical care are harming consumers, Time reports. The segment examined how the treatment...
Farah from Georgia shares her frustration about becoming the go-between for the insurer and doctors. When her husband needed surgery and they were trying to make sure it would...
Virginia from New York was hit by a car while biking and went to the hospital to get treatment. The experience left her frustrated and fighting thousands of dollars...
After Therese from California fractured both of her feet, she was eager to recover as soon as possible but her insurer’s requirements for coverage delayed the process.
Monica from Texas described her family’s experience in getting surprise bills for a treatment for her husband’s autoimmune disease they were told was covered by their insurance.