Millions of insured Americans go to the hospital, thinking that their bills will be covered only to...
Health insurance
How to protect yourself from surprise medical bills?
Watch out for huge medical bills if you visit the emergency room and are enrolled in a commercial...
People shouldn’t need to shop for health care
Austin Frakt reports on a new NBER study that finds that only one in 100 Americans shop for...
If your health plan denies payment, fight back and appeal
It likely won’t be your first reaction, but when your health plan denies payment, fight back and...
CARE Act assists family caregivers
About seven in ten older adults need long-term care at some point. In many cases, it is a family...
Before paying drug copay, ask cash price
A new JAMA research letter reports that people are paying drug copays that are higher than the...
Seven reasons commercial insurance cannot meet our health care...
As policymakers, pundits and the public consider the path to universal health care coverage in the...
Don’t sign a bank loan in the hospital
Shefali Luthra reports for Kaiser Health News on how unsuspecting patients are signing bank loans...
Congress must protect our community health centers
Every Thursday morning, I wake up excited for the 14-hour day I’m about to begin. My Thursdays...
Two tips for keeping your emergency care costs down
There were 451 emergency room visits for every 1,000 people in America in 2014, up more than 10...