Breaking News in Healthcare Reform Featured Podcast What are the hidden costs of getting sick in America? Who are the patients whose lives are upended by medical debt? Why is the healthcare system failing the very people it’s supposed to serve? In Debt […]
Breaking News in Healthcare Reform Featured Podcast Ever spent hours on hold, battling claim denials, and jumping through hoops just to get the care you already paid for with your insurance premiums? ‘Rationing by Inconvenience:’ How Insurers Keep Patients From Care Featuring Miranda […]
Breaking News in Healthcare Reform Featured Podcast “The American healthcare system just isn’t really set up for ordinary individuals to fix these kinds of things when they go wrong. Whether it is the insurance company trying to save a penny or it’s an […]
“‘…the federal regulations are a lot stricter than many states had expected, even those on board with work requirements’ said Jennifer Tolbert, deputy director of KFF’s Program on Medicaid and the Uninsured….” Medicaid Work Rule Leaves Homeless People in the Cold MISSOULA, […]
“‘It felt like I was talking to a real person.’ She definitely wasn’t.” AI Is Being Used to Boost Medicaid Enrollment,but Not Without Concerns Vanessa Barahona received a call this past spring from Angelica at Kern Family Health Care in Bakersfield, California, […]
Breaking News in Healthcare Reform Featured Podcast “California has debated a single-payer healthcare system for decades, but a new UCLA report commissioned by the California Health and Human Services Agency under Senate Bill 770 moves the debate from cost to equity.” What the […]
“A tiny federal agency tasked with protecting the public from injuries caused by lawn mowers and coffeemakers is demanding that some of the nation’s biggest health systems turn over detailed, personally identifiable medical records of all patients who seek help at their emergency rooms.” […]
“…the price difference uninsured patients face compared with insured patients is far from fair. ‘In the predatory and strategic world of U.S. healthcare pricing, uninsured patients generally get charged more than providers would accept from Medicare or commercial insurance.’” Uninsured but Undaunted, a […]
