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Did your health plan rip off Medicare?
1 year, 11 months ago

Did your health plan rip off Medicare?

Salon  

Today, KHN has released details of 90 previously secret government audits that reveal millions of dollars in overpayments to Medicare Advantage health plans for seniors. For nearly two decades, Medicare has paid the health plans using a billing formula that pays higher monthly rates for sicker patients and less for the healthiest ones. Since 2010, CMS has argued that overpayments …

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'Medical cost-sharing' plan left this pastor on the hook for much of a $160,000 bill
2 years ago

'Medical cost-sharing' plan left this pastor on the hook for much of a $160,000 bill

NPR  

'Medical cost-sharing' plan left this pastor on the hook for much of a $160,000 bill Enlarge this image toggle caption Bram Sable-Smith/KHN Bram Sable-Smith/KHN Kareen King calls it "the ultimate paradox": The hospital that saved her husband Jeff's heart also broke it. Instead of signing up for traditional health insurance, the Kings had joined what's called a "medical cost-sharing plan" …

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After tuition, books, and room and board, colleges’ rising health fees hit a nerve
2 years ago

After tuition, books, and room and board, colleges’ rising health fees hit a nerve

Salon  

Reviewed on-campus housing costs. Schools that charge a student health fee and require insurance coverage say the funding helps cover services at campus health clinics, which otherwise would cost students hundreds of dollars a year or more. The USC student health fee — which covers primary and preventive health services — also helps the school pay for services not typically …

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Paying for mental health care leaves families in debt and isolated
2 years, 2 months ago

Paying for mental health care leaves families in debt and isolated

NPR  

Paying for mental health care leaves families in debt and isolated Enlarge this image Jesse Zhang for NPR and KHN Jesse Zhang for NPR and KHN Rachel and her husband adopted Marcus out of Guatemalan foster care as a 7-month-old infant and brought him home to Lansing, Mich. With a round face framed by a full head of dark hair, …

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This group's wiped out $6.7 billion in medical debt, and it's just getting started
2 years, 4 months ago

This group's wiped out $6.7 billion in medical debt, and it's just getting started

NPR  

This group's wiped out $6.7 billion in medical debt, and it's just getting started Enlarge this image toggle caption Juan Diego Reyes for KHN and NPR Juan Diego Reyes for KHN and NPR Soon after giving birth to a daughter two months premature, Terri Logan received a bill from the hospital. "The weight of all of that medical debt — …

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Drugmaker drops cheaper version of drug, leaving patients stuck with pricier one
3 years, 2 months ago

Drugmaker drops cheaper version of drug, leaving patients stuck with pricier one

NPR  

Drugmaker drops cheaper version of drug, leaving patients stuck with pricier one Enlarge this image toggle caption Kristina Barker for KHN Kristina Barker for KHN Sudeep Taksali thought his battle to avoid a medication's steep price tag was over. Enlarge this image toggle caption Kristina Barker for KHN Kristina Barker for KHN Then, in September, Endo told the FDA it …

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A Hospital Charged More Than $700 For Each Push Of Medicine Through Her IV
3 years, 6 months ago

A Hospital Charged More Than $700 For Each Push Of Medicine Through Her IV

NPR  

A Hospital Charged More Than $700 For Each Push Of Medicine Through Her IV Enlarge this image Rose Wong for NPR/KHN Rose Wong for NPR/KHN Claire Lang-Ree was in a lab coat taking a college chemistry class remotely in the kitchen of her Colorado Springs, Colo., home when a profound pain twisted into her lower abdomen. In Colorado, the average …

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Heart Disease Bankrupted Him Once. Now He Faces Another $10,000 Medical Bill
4 years, 3 months ago

Heart Disease Bankrupted Him Once. Now He Faces Another $10,000 Medical Bill

NPR  

Heart Disease Bankrupted Him Once. Sponsor Message What gives: Fentress says he always made sure to take jobs with health insurance, "so I thought I'd be all right." Fentress owed around $5,000 after his 2017 hospitalization, also at Baptist Health Louisville, and set up a monthly payment plan, but says he was sent to collections after missing a $150 payment. …

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