Investors’ Deep-Pocket Push To Defend Surprise Medical BillsSeptember 11, 2019 |
As proposals to ban surprise medical bills move through Congress and state legislatures with rare bipartisan support, physician groups have emerged as the loudest opponents
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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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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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Not every hospital sues over unpaid bills, but a few sue a lot. In Virginia, 36% of hospitals sued patients and garnished their wages in 2017, according to a study published Tuesday in the American Medical Association’s journal, JAMA
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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 Adding Prices to TV Drug Ads Is Bad for PatientsMay 28, 2019 |
Aaron Troy writes, “Trump administration recently finalized a rule that will require drug makers to show a medication’s list price. As a future physician, I am against this change. Adding the information would make the ads less helpful and more confusing for patients, who are powerless to change the complex system…”
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Dr. Hasan Shanawani was overcome by frustration. So, last week he picked up his cellphone and began sharing on Twitter his family’s enraging experiences with the U.S. health care system
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When a Treatment Costs $450,000 or More, It Had Better WorkApril 24, 2019 |
Some biotech companies are offering a new way to soften the shock of drug prices: Insurers pay only if the patient improves
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