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Hospital costs are rising far faster than inflation and drowning Americans in debt
2+ week, 1+ day ago (1322+ words) Stricken with severe abdominal pain, Randy Slaughter spent three days at a nonprofit hospital in College Station, Texas, in April 2024. But doctors couldn't determine the cause and sent him home, Slaughter said, advising him to change his diet. His stomach…...
Texas doctor fights to get surgery center into insurance network
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (195+ words) In Austin, Texas, Dr. Elisabeth Potter is trying to keep the doors of her surgery center open. She says not being able to get into Unitedhealthcare's network could bankrupt the center and that she believes she is being retaliated against…...
Patients hit dead ends with insurance 'ghost networks.' Now, some are suing.
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (956+ words) The situation is so common that there's a term for it: a ghost network. These inaccurate or misleading physician directories have for years been an obstacle for patients seeking in-network providers and have even led some to pay large sums…...
Hospitals and insurers are fighting over money, leaving patients in the lurch
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (894+ words) Natalie Reichel is due for her next cancer therapy in March. But a contract fight between Mount Sinai Health System in New York City, where she gets care, and Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield, whose network her insurance uses, has…...
NBC News investigates insurance denials
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (165+ words) BREAKING: DOJ moves to dismiss Steve Bannon's criminal case This spring, a team of NBC News reporters began digging into complex insurance systems " including health care, homeowners' insurance and beyond " that leaves millions of Americans desperate. What they found, through…...
A college student fights an insurance denial to get a prosthetic foot before graduation
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (966+ words) BREAKING: DOJ moves to dismiss Steve Bannon's criminal case Gabrielle Guerrero was 15 when doctors told her that her life would never be the same. "They were like, "You're young and energized, but you'll never be able to walk again without…...
Cost of Denial
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (556+ words) A team of NBC News reporters dug into complex insurance systems and what's behind many denials. What they found, through conversations with policy holders, communications with insurers and reviews of records, was startling. A health insurance dispute is preventing a…...
Many Obamacare enrollees have switched to cheaper bronze plans. Here's why that could be risky.
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (934+ words) Kate Bivona and her husband don't know what they would do if either gets seriously sick or injured. Until recently, that wasn't the case. But beginning in January, the monthly cost of her Affordable Care Act insurance jumped by about…...
Health insurance CEOs grilled on high costs of care in back-to-back House hearings
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (610+ words) WASHINGTON " Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle pressed health insurance CEOs on premium hikes, prior authorization rules and claim denials in back-to-back House committee hearings Thursday, zeroing in on how the insurers" decisions are affecting patients right now. The…...
Health insurance CEOs to appear before House committees as premiums soar
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (734+ words) The CEOs of five major health insurers are set to face a grilling from members of Congress on Thursday as House Republicans seek to place blame for rising health care costs. The back-to-back hearings before the Energy and Commerce and…...