Community Resurrects Colorado Birth Center Closed by Private Equity Firm
A private equity firm bought a birth center and then shut it down. The community brought it back as a nonprofit.
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Health Policies Were a Prominent Theme in Biden鈥檚 State of the Union Speech
Our partners at PolitiFact fact-checked a range of President Joe Biden鈥檚 statements, including key health-related comments.
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鈥榃e Ain鈥檛 Gonna Get It鈥: Why Bernie Sanders Says His ‘Medicare for All’ Dream Must Wait
As he takes the reins of the Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee, the independent from Vermont and implacable champion of 鈥淢edicare for All鈥 maps out his strategy for negotiating with Republicans 鈥 and Big Pharma.
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Decisions by CVS and Optum Panicked Thousands of Their Sickest Patients
Pharmacy closures by two of the biggest home infusion companies point to grave shortages and dangers for patients who require IV nutrition to survive.
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Nursing Home Owners Drained Cash During Pandemic While Residents Deteriorated
As the federal government debates whether to require higher staffing levels at nursing homes, financial records show owners routinely push profits to sister companies while residents are neglected. 鈥淎 dog would get better care than he did,鈥 one resident鈥檚 wife said.
By Jordan Rau Can They Freaking Do That?!? (2023 Update)
Season 9, Episode 1Can a medical provider you鈥檝e never heard of send you an outrageous bill? Sure. Can you fight back and win? Yes, sometimes you can. Here鈥檚 how to do it.
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A Baby Spent 36 Days in an In-Network NICU. Why Did the Hospital Next Door Send a Bill?
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鈥檚 hospital next door. Her parents were charged despite a state law protecting patients from such out-of-network billing 鈥 and sent to collections when they didn鈥檛 pay up.
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Readers and Tweeters Diagnose Greed and Chronic Pain Within US Health Care System
KHN gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories.
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Numbers Don鈥檛 Lie. Biden Kept His Promise on Improving Obamacare.
KHN has teamed up with our partners at PolitiFact to monitor 100 key promises made by Joe Biden during the 2020 presidential campaign 鈥 including those surrounding the Affordable Care Act.
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Postcard From San Francisco
The Biggest, Buzziest Conference for Health Care Investors Convenes Amid Fears the Bubble Will Burst
This year鈥檚 JPMorgan confab, the first since covid鈥檚 chilling effect on such gatherings, was full of energy and enthusiasm. But it was also marked by questions about the future of health care investment.
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The Decision of Where to Seek Care Is Complicated by the Multitude of Options
The proliferation of care options 鈥 particularly urgent care centers and free-standing emergency departments 鈥 can make the head spin. Facilities have little incentive to clear up the confusion of where to go. But for patients, the wrong choice can mean big bills and possibly poor health outcomes.
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More Orthopedic Physicians Sell Out to Private Equity Firms, Raising Alarms About Costs and Quality
While some doctors seem eager for a huge payoff, others are warily watching what happens when private equity firms take charge of orthopedic practices.
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Watch: Patient Sent to Collections for Surgery She Never Had
KHN Editor-in-Chief Elisabeth Rosenthal joins "CBS This Morning" to discuss how difficult a clerical error can be to fix and how patients can respond if it happens to them.
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Want a Clue on Health Care Costs in Advance? New Tools Take a Crack at It
Another effort to make upfront cost comparisons possible in an industry known for its opaqueness: an online tool for consumers to get some idea of what they may pay for medical care.
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鈥楢n Arm and a Leg鈥: The Year in Review, From Prenatal Testing to Insulin Pricing
The editorial team of 鈥淎n Arm and a Leg鈥 looks back on the reporting that hit close to home over the past year, including insulin pricing and prenatal testing.
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KHN-NPR鈥檚 鈥楤ill of the Month鈥 at 5: A Treasury of Solutions for Confounding Medical Bills
Readers and listeners shared more than 1,000 personal stories of medical billing problems with KHN-NPR鈥檚 鈥淏ill of the Month鈥 investigative series this year, helping us illuminate the financial decisions patients are pressed to make in their most vulnerable moments.
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鈥楢n Arm and a Leg鈥: Getting Insurance to Pay for Oral Surgery Is Like Pulling Teeth
A car crash left a woman in need of oral surgery, but her health insurance wouldn鈥檛 cover it. Her ongoing fight shows podcast host Dan Weissmann the weird way insurance treats teeth and reveals a big problem in the Obamacare marketplace.
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An Air Force Career Held up Because of Debt Owed for Medical Bills
Emergency room care left Samaria Bradford with $5,000 in medical bills. Now she has to track down and pay that debt before she can hope to enlist in the military.
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Her Credit Was Ruined by Medical Debt. She鈥檚 Been Turned Away From Doctors, Jobs, and Loans
When Penelope Wingard's cancer went into remission, she lost her Medicaid coverage in North Carolina. Without insurance, the debts piled up for her follow-up care. She doesn't think she'll ever get ahead of it.
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A Retiree Returns to Work After a Calamitous Year of Health Emergencies
In 2020, diabetes and covid-19 landed David Zipprich in the hospital three times. Even with insurance, he was inundated with bills, debt notices, and calls from collectors.