Enlarge this image The Westin St. Francis San Francisco on Union Square hotel hosted this year’s JPMorgan Healthcare Conference — the first…
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An $18,000 biopsy? Paying cash might have been cheaper than using her insurance
by Lauren Sausser August 23, 2022Enlarge this image Dani Yuengling of Conway, South Carolina, knew she had to follow up after a mammogram found a lump. Her…
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Enlarge this image Oakley Yoder walks with her parents, Josh Perry and Shelli Yoder, outside their home in Bloomington, Ind. Chris Bergin…
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Hospital Finances Improve After Medicaid Expansion, But At Whose Expense?
by Phil Galewitz March 26, 2019Enlarge this image The uncompensated care costs among Colorado hospitals dropped by more than 60 percent after the state expanded Medicaid coverage…
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Cancer Complications: Confusing Bills, Maddening Errors And Endless Phone Calls
by Anna Gorman February 26, 2019Enlarge this image Carol Marley, a hospital nurse with private insurance, says coping with the financial fallout of her pancreatic cancer has…
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Pharmaceutical Company CEOs Face Grilling In Senate Over High Drug Prices
by Alison Kodjak February 26, 2019Enlarge this image Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., left, and Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, right, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, asked drug…
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Insurers Hand Out Cash and Gifts To Sway Brokers Who Sell Employer Health Plans
by Marshall Allen February 20, 2019Enlarge this image Katherine Streeter for NPR Katherine Streeter for NPR The pitches to the health insurance brokers are tantalizing. “Set sail…
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Insured, But Indebted: Couple Works 5 Jobs To Pay Off Medical Bills
by JoNel Aleccia December 26, 2018Enlarge this image Robert and Tiffany Cano of San Tan Valley, Ariz., have a new marriage, a new house and a 10-month-old…