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Disputes between hospitals and Medicare Advantage plans are leading to entire hospital systems suddenly leaving insurance networks. Patients are left stuck in the middle, choosing between their doctors and their insurance plan. There’s a way out.
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A baby spent more than a month in a Chicago NICU. A big bill revealed she was treated by out-of-network doctors from the children’s hospital next door. Her parents were charged despite a state law protecting patients from such out-of-network billing — and sent to collections when they didn’t pay up.
The law, which takes effect Jan. 1, prohibits out-of-network ground ambulance operators from billing patients more than they would pay for in-network rides. It also caps how much the uninsured must pay.
The private equity-backed practice has been known to demand more than $100,000 in charges or penalties. One patient is fighting back.
Lab test regulations, the opioid crisis, high medical bills, toxic gas, covid vaccines, vaping dangers, cancer, and more are in the news.
Resorting to crowdfunding to pay medical bills has become so routine, in some cases health professionals recommend it.
As cities like Denver struggle to make homes more affordable, medical debt keeps housing out of reach for millions of Americans.
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More than half of seniors are enrolled in private Medicare Advantage plans instead of traditional Medicare. Rural enrollment has increased fourfold and many small-town hospitals say that threatens their viability.
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Medicare is expanding access to mental health counselors and marriage and family therapists come Jan. 1. But the belief that seniors who suffer from mental health problems should just grin and bear it remains a troubling barrier to care.
Gun violence public health crisis, drug prices, mental health struggles, infant deaths, electronic health records, and more are in the news.
Despite record enrollment in health insurance plans under the Affordable Care Act, some consumers who bought coverage and agents who helped them do so have had a tough start to the new year: Many say it’s hard to find an in-network doctor or hospital.
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