Medical costs are driving millions of people into poverty
Healthcare expenses forced 8 million Americans into poverty in 2018, according to the Census Bureau, an improvement from the past several years, when an annual average of 11 million people …
Healthcare expenses forced 8 million Americans into poverty in 2018, according to the Census Bureau, an improvement from the past several years, when an annual average of 11 million people …
One alternative to sky-high monthly health insurance premiums for many Americans is opting for a high-deductible plan instead. Those plans come with lower monthly premiums, but their elevated deductibles create …
Average ER prices increase by 89%, that is well over 6 times the cost of leaving 13.85%. Emergency rooms are collecting more money from private insurance plans, and at the …
The disparities on physician specialty average pay versus their average revenue contribution show another reason of how healthcare fails to manage its financial imperatives. Regardless of how specialty scarcity, procedural …
Discussions about the cost and complexity of America’s healthcare, don’t normally account for the labor cost provided by friends and family. But those supports are large and a growing part …
The FDA approved on Friday the most expensive drug on the planet – a gene replacement therapy (Zolgensma) from Novartis to treat children younger than 2 suffering spinal muscular atrophy. The drug …
According to Axios, the number of hospital admissions, surgeries and other medical procedures has continued to stay flat in many parts of the country, but that hasn’t prevented hospitals from …
The Trump administration is proposing regulatory changes that could result in cuts in federal aid to millions of low-income Americans. The Office of Management and Budget proposal would adopt a lower …
As the healthcare industry shifts its focus away from inpatient to outpatient care, more providers are moving into facilities that are in locations closer to patients — like shopping malls. The …
The Senate released a new draft health care bill aim at building a database of real-world health care costs records. The government will pay a nonprofit nearly $100 million over …