Research shows hospital consolidation has been driving prices higher and higher in recent years. And because more and more people have high-deductible insurance plans, they’re more likely to be on the hook for huge bills, like paying 33 times more for the same test. Alison Kodjak, […]
In the bizarro profiteering world of the pharmaceutical industry, a 40-year-old cancer drug can increase in price by 1,400 percent in five years, and drug companies can spread the wealth around by funding new friends, with hundreds of millions of dollars finding their way to patient […]
If Americans follow the healthcare facts, they will eventually be led to the certainty that universal healthcare is the best way to rein in costs, prevent medical financial ruin and boost our health. Dr. Danielle Martin is one of those who remind us. She is […]
Seniors are getting financially drained by excessive prescription drug price increases, and a congressional report released this week shows that the situation is unlikely to change anytime soon without fundamental change. The report, “Manufactured Crisis: How devastating drug price increases are harming America’s seniors,” exposed […]
This high-profile legal fight caught the attention of employers and policymakers across the country amid growing alarm about the financial implications of industry consolidation. Large health systems are gaining market clout and the ability to raise prices by acquiring more hospitals, outpatient surgery centers and […]
Addiction treatment centers and dialysis providers are accused of profiteering off vulnerable patients by collecting millions of dollars in inflated medical claims. Critics say that the providers are signing up patients for health insurance and paying the premiums only to line their own pockets. Chad […]
Availability and affordability of healthcare has often been a top concern in the United States, with a majority worrying a great deal about access. Illness can be uncomfortable in the best case scenario, but a poll released this week says that even a serious illness […]
Americans may be warming to the idea of a national health plan, such as the Medicare-for-all idea advocated by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). Overall, 59 percent said they supported it, and even more, 75 percent, said they would support it if it were one option […]
