The Hospital Treated These Patients. Then It Sued Them.September 3, 2019 |
Most hospitals do not frequently take patients to court over medical debt. But since 2015, Carlsbad Medical Center, in New Mexico, has filed lawsuits by the thousands
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Op-Art: The Shame of Crowdfunding Health CareAugust 26, 2019 |
Cartoonist Dustin Harbin fell off a bike into an outpouring of charity. But Americans shouldn’t have to seek out strangers to pay health bills
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US scientists say their blood test can be 94% effective in spotting those at risk of the illness
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The 86-year-old woman in rural Utah doesn’t usually answer solicitations from strangers, she said, but the young couple who knocked on her front door seemed so nice. Before long, she had handed over her Medicare and Social Security numbers — and allowed them to swab her cheek to collect her DNA
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Forced off their parents’ insurance and faced with high insulin prices, young adults dangerously ration, stockpile, and turn to the black market for the medication they need to stay alive
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Many patients like Bacon struggle to get insurance coverage for their mental health treatment, even though two federal laws were designed to bring parity between mental and physical health care coverage. Recent studies and a legal case suggest serious disparities remain
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Why I Support Medicaid ExpansionMay 23, 2019 |
In this AJOB editorial, Governor Laura Kelly of Kansas explains her support for expanding Medicaid to eliminate a “cruel coverage gap” for nearly 150,000 Kansans
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1 in 5 Rural Hospitals Are At Risk of Imminent ClosureFebruary 22, 2019 |
Lawmakers could help some stay open. The decline of rural hospitals has been a slow-moving train wreck. It’s now accelerating
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