“In one approach, insurers or employers continue to cover the drugs but designate them as ‘nonessential,’ which allows the health plans to bypass annual limits set by the Affordable Care Act on how much patients can pay in out-of-pocket costs for drugs. … […]
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“Health insurers and health care systems across the U.S. are breaking disability rights laws by sending inaccessible medical bills and notices, a KHN investigation found. The practice hinders the ability of blind Americans to know what they owe, effectively creating a disability tax […]
“…clinical trials have become a big, profitable business in the private equity sphere, data shows…. “‘Independent sites are being purchased by private equity, and they’re moving into larger site groups of 30, 40, and then their game plan is to roll that up […]
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“It’s very hard for you to work remotely if you are a barista in a coffee shop or you’re working in a manufacturing plant. … The sorts of jobs that people with low education tend to do are jobs that require them to […]
“…CMS has fought to keep its audit procedures, and the mounting losses to the government, largely under wraps.” Audits — Hidden Until Now — Reveal Millions in Medicare Advantage Overcharges Newly released federal audits reveal widespread overcharges […]
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“As Americans are overwhelmed with medical bills, patient financing is now a multibillion-dollar business, with private equity and big banks lined up to cash in when patients and their families can’t pay for care. By one estimate from research firm IBISWorld, profit margins […]