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Politics Dec 22

New legislation clamps down on surprise medical bills

Making Sen$e Dec 12

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Americans are drowning in medical debt, so this nonprofit is buying — and forgiving — it

Collectively, Americans owe nearly a trillion dollars of medical debt, and Congress is trying to figure out a policy response. But in the meantime, economics correspondent Paul Solman reports on an unusual non-profit’s effort to relieve the burden of medical…

By Paul Solman

Nation Jun 24

President Donald Trump signs an executive order on immigration policy in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, June 20, 2018. Photo by Leah Millis/Reuters
WATCH: Trump signs executive order to make health care prices more transparent

The idea is to give patients practical information that they can use to help save money.

Health May 09

WATCH: Trump advocates push against ‘surprise medical bills’

President Donald Trump on Thursday called for an end to the astonishingly high charges insured patients can face when a member of a medical team that treats them is not in their insurer's network.

By Kevin Freking, Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press

Making Sen$e Feb 20

How Americans spend much more on health care than they realize

Consumers often do not understand that the cost of their health care is much higher than the out-of-pocket expenses they pay each year, writes columnist Philip Moeller.

By Philip Moeller

Mar 25

In the state with the highest medical debt, it’s the middle class who carries the burden

By Max Blau, STAT

Nearly 40 percent of adults under 65 carry medical debt, and many of them are middle class. When they don't pay their bills, hospitals must eat the cost.

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Jun 19

What’s your surprise medical bill story?

By News Desk

Patients all over the country face "surprise medical bills," which come when their health plans pay less than they expect or when costs unexpectedly occur out-of-network.

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Mar 12

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Surprise medical bills are stacking up for many adults

By PBS NewsHour

One in three American adults who have private health insurance coverage are hit with surprise medical bills they thought were covered by insurance, which can range from a few hundreds dollars to tens of thousands for an operation. Time Magazine's…

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Feb 20

Insured patients are often not transferred for better care, study finds

By Sarah Varney

Patients with insurance may not be transferred to specialized trauma centers as quickly as those without, a Stanford study has found…

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