“…it is important to tackle all sources of medical debt … hospitals are a reasonable place to start. Nearly 75% of adults with medical debt owe some or all of it to hospitals, according to a 2023 Urban Institute analysis.” Los Angeles […]
Author: Mark Wrede
““It’s like, I’m having to jump through hoops to live,” said Cooper Harris, 46, a resident of Covington, Georgia, east of Atlanta.“ High Price of Popular Diabetes Drugs Deprives Low-Income People of Effective Treatment For the past year and a […]
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“…worker shortages, negotiations with health insurance companies, and learning to navigate complex billing and technology systems have hamstrung the community groups’ ability to deliver the new services: Now into the third year of the ambitious five-year experiment, only a small fraction of eligible patients […]
“Instead of chasing people who didn’t pay — a costly process that often yields meager returns — Rochester Regional resolved to find ways to get patients to settle bills before collections started.“ Why One New York Health System Stopped Suing Its Patients […]
Action Alert! California Assembly Appropriations Committee Hearing: 9:30 am on May 15, 2022AB 2200, Guaranteed Health Care for All1021 O Street, Room 1100, Sacramento, CA Committee Assembly Member Contact Info (District) 916-319-2014 Buffy Wicks (Chair) (14) 916-319-2071 Kate Sanchez (Vice-Chair) (71) 916-319-2031 Dr. […]
“…for millions of new parents, medical debt is now as much a hallmark of having children as long nights and dirty diapers.“ Their First Baby Came With Medical Debt. These Illinois Parents Won’t Have Another. JACKSONVILLE, Ill. — Heather Crivilare was […]
“Switching to a 240-mg dosage could register a huge hit to Amgen’s revenue. The company markets the drug at more than $20,000 for a month of 960-mg daily doses. Each patient who could get by with a quarter of that would trim the company’s […]