FRIDAY, July 2, 2021 (HealthDay News) — In a rare show of bipartisanship on health care, the Biden Administration is advancing Trump-era consumer protections aimed at curbing sometimes devastating surprise medical bills. It’s an issue that seems to unite Americans of all political stripes: Bills that seemingly come out ofContinue Reading
MONDAY, June 28, 2021 (HealthDay News) — You decide to take a popular colon cancer screening test that can be performed at home, and it comes back positive. A follow-up colonoscopy is scheduled, but then you suddenly receive a large and unexpected medical bill. That’s what happened to a MissouriContinue Reading
MONDAY, June 28, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The public health message has always been loud and clear: If you are experiencing a medical emergency such as chest pain, dial 911 or go to the nearest emergency room. But a new study shows that a $1,000 or higher deductible on yourContinue Reading
THURSDAY, June 3, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The cost of COVID-19 hospitalizations averaged nearly $22,000 for older Americans in 2020 — and much more for those who became critically ill, a new government study finds. Researchers at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention looked at the cost ofContinue Reading
FRIDAY, May 28, 2021 (HealthDay News) — About 1 in 10 U.S. cancer survivors delays follow-up care because they can’t afford associated medical bills, even if they’re insured. That’s the conclusion from an analysis of data from more than 5,400 survivors of various cancers. Most were insured, college-educated and hadContinue Reading
THURSDAY, May 27, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Patients facing relatively simple outpatient surgeries are nonetheless being told to undergo a number of preoperative tests that just aren’t necessary, a new study reports. More than half of a group of patients facing low-risk outpatient surgery received one or more tests —Continue Reading
WEDNESDAY, May 19, 2021 (HealthDay News) — More lower-income Americans are surviving cancer due to expanded Medicaid health care coverage, a new study shows. Researchers found a link between long-term survival of patients newly diagnosed with cancer — across all stages and types of the disease — and expanded MedicaidContinue Reading
TUESDAY, May 18, 2021 (HealthDay News) — U.S. hospitals have been required to make their prices public since 2019, but 18 months into the rule more than half weren’t doing it, a new study finds. In 2018, the Trump administration issued a rule requiring hospitals to publish their “chargemasters” onContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, May 12, 2021 (HealthDay News) – When people with low incomes are asked to help pay for their health insurance, some drop their coverage, even when bills as low as $20 per month arrive. That’s the upshot of a new study of Medicaid expansion in the state of Michigan.Continue Reading
FRIDAY, May 7, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Many American workers remain in jobs they’d rather leave — simply because they don’t want to lose their health insurance, a new Gallup poll reveals. That’s the situation for 16% of respondents in a nationwide poll of more than 3,800 adults conducted MarchContinue Reading