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ERās Error Lands a 4-Year-Old in Collections (For Care He Didnāt Receive)
A Florida woman tried to dispute an emergency room bill, but the hospital and collection agency refused to talk to her ā because it was her childās name on the bill, not hers.
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Surprise-Billing Law Loophole: When āOut of Networkā Doesnāt Quite Mean Out of Network
Billing experts and lawmakers are playing catch-up as providers find ways to get around new surprise-billing laws, leaving patients like Danielle Laskey of Washington state with big bills for emergency care.
By Harris Meyer Can They Freaking Do That?!? (2023 Update)
Season 9, Episode 1Can a medical provider youāve never heard of send you an outrageous bill? Sure. Can you fight back and win? Yes, sometimes you can. Hereās how to do it.
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Readers and Tweeters Diagnose Greed and Chronic Pain Within US Health Care System
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KHN-NPRās āBill of the Monthā 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-NPRās āBill of the Monthā investigative series this year, helping us illuminate the financial decisions patients are pressed to make in their most vulnerable moments.
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This Open Enrollment Season, Look Out for Health Insurance That Seems Too Good to Be True
Complaints about misleading health insurance marketing are soaring. State insurance commissioners are taking notice. Theyāve created a shared internal database to monitor questionable business practices, and, in the future, they hope to provide a public-facing resource for consumers. In the meantime, consumers should shop wisely as open enrollment season begins.
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Readers Boo Medical Debt and Viral Threats in Winning Halloween Haikus
We unmask the winner and runners-up in KHNās fourth annual Halloween haiku competition ā plus the original artwork they inspired as a special treat.
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A Billing Expert Saved Big After Finding an Incorrect Charge in Her Husbandās ER Bill
A medical billing specialist investigated her husbandās ER bill. Her sleuthing took over a year but knocked thousands of dollars off the hospitalās charges ā and provides a playbook for other consumers.
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Turned Away From Urgent Care ā And Toward a Big ER Bill
Russell Cook was expecting a quick and inexpensive visit to an urgent care center for his daughter, Frankie, after she had a car wreck. Instead, they were advised to go to an emergency room and got a much larger bill.
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Readers and Tweeters Take a Close Look at Eye Care and White Mulberry Leaf
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Watch: How Nursing Homes Put Friends and Families on the Hook for Residentsā Debts
In pursuit of unpaid bills, nursing homes across Rochester, New York, have been suing relatives and friends of their residents. This CBS News report, done in partnership with a KHN-NPR investigation, takes a look at the practice and tells the stories of some of the people affected.
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āSo Rudderlessā: A Coupleās Quest for Autism Treatment for Their Son Hits Repeated Obstacles
Amparo and Victor Rios began searching for answers about their sonās development when he didnāt hit some milestones after turning 2. Three years later, they are still trying to get their insurance to pay for expensive therapy to help him.
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Her First Colonoscopy Cost Her $0. Her Second Cost $2,185. Why?
Preventive care, like screening colonoscopies, is supposed to be free of charge to patients under the Affordable Care Act. But some hospitals havenāt gotten the memo.
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Betting on āGolden Ageā of Colonoscopies, Private Equity Invests in Gastro Docs
An aging population in need of regular cancer screenings has driven private equity companies, seeking profits, to invest in many gastroenterology practices and set up aggressive billing practices. Steep prices on routine tests are one consequence for patients.
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Readers and Tweeters Sound Alarm Over Nurse’s Homicide Trial
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Never-Ending Costs: When Resolved Medical Bills Keep Popping Up
A bill one family considered paid wrongfully resurfaced, resurrecting painful memories. Itās a scenario thatās not uncommon but grievously unsettling.
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The Case of the $489,000 Air Ambulance Ride
Diagnosed with aggressive leukemia on a Western trip, a young man thought his insurance would cover an air ambulance ride home to North Carolina. Instead, questions about medical necessity left him with an astronomical bill.
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How to Avoid Surprise Bills ā And the Pitfalls in the New Law
The No Surprises Act offers protection from many surprise medical bills ā but that protection may be only as good as a patientās knowledge of the law and ability to make sure itās enforced. Hereās what you need to know.
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KHNās āWhat the Health?ā: Congress Shelves Covid Funding for Now
The Biden administrationās request for billions more in funding to fight covid-19 hit a snag on Capitol Hill this week, as Democrats objected to Republican demands that money allocated to states but not yet spent be reclaimed. Meanwhile, the big annual spending bill about to cross the finish line addresses other health policy changes, such as giving the FDA authority to regulate āsyntheticā nicotine. Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Politico, Rachel Cohrs of Stat, and Jessie Hellmann of Modern Healthcare join KHNās Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Plus, for extra credit, the panelists recommend their favorite health policy stories of the week they think you should read, too.