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| 12.07.2026 | America's Health Squeeze: ACA Premiums Set for Another Double-Digit Surge | Affordable Care Act premiums will surge again in 2027. Insurers propose median double-digit rate hikes, nearing 14%. This marks a second consecutive year of substantial increases, following a 20% jump in 2026. Rising medical costs drive muc... |
| 09.07.2026 | Analysis: Marketplace plans to seek 14% median premium increase for 2027 | Health Insurance Marketplace insurers will propose a median premium increase of 14% for 2027, according to an analysis of preliminary rate filings published July 8 by the Peterson Center on Healthcare and KFF, marking a second consecutive y... |
| 09.07.2026 | Affordable Care Act insurers want more premium increases as enrollment sags | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By Rachel Spears, KFF Health News
For the second year in a row, many Affordable Care Act insurers are proposing double-digit premium increases, driven by rising medical costs as well as policy chan... |
| 08.07.2026 | Obamacare premiums surged this year. A new analysis shows it’s likely to happen again in 2027 | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By ALI SWENSON
NEW YORK (AP) — Middle-income Americans straining to pay for Affordable Care Act health insurance are unlikely to get relief next year, according to a new analysis that shows insurer... |
| 30.06.2026 | The US health care system is an embarrassment. Americans need a public option. (Editorial) | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
Long ago, when most Americans left the house for mass entertainment, they flocked to carnivals that crisscrossed the country to delight small towns and big cities. Shows typically included a barker... |
| 22.06.2026 | Upcoming billing change could make pregnancy pricier | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By Michelle Andrews, KFF Health News
Having a baby in the United States is about to get more complicated.
Under new billing codes that take effect in January, doctors who manage maternity care will... |
| 16.03.2026 | Even patients are shocked by the prices their insurers will pay — and it costs all of us | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By Elisabeth Rosenthal, KFF Health News
Samantha Smith of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, went into the operating room for emergency removal of an ectopic pregnancy. “I’m grateful I didn’t die,” she said... |
| 12.03.2026 | Translucent raises $27M to help healthcare firms automate financial visibility
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| 05.03.2026 | Eli Lilly launches program to help boost employer coverage of obesity drugs in U.S. | Eli Lilly launched a new program designed to help more employers cover obesity drugs in the U.S., targeting a major barrier to access for patients.
The “Employer Connect” platform gives employers more flexibility in how they cover obesity t... |
| 12.02.2026 | Medical emergencies can lead to debt and bankruptcy — even for insured Americans | Being hospitalized for an injury, such as a car accident or fall, increases your risk of carrying medical debt and needing to file for bankruptcy later on, a new study in Health Affairs finds.
Researchers found that patients with private in... |
| 12.12.2025 | From Confusion to Collections: How Unclear Billing Fuels the Medical Debt Crisis | Steve Callis, President of Payments, RevSpring
Medical debt remains a significant burden for patients nationwide, with U.S. residents collectively owing an estimated $220 billion. Medical visits already bring emotional and financial stress,... |
| 04.12.2025 | After shutdown, federal employees face new uncertainty: affording health insurance | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By Phil Galewitz, KFF Health News
Larry Humphreys, a retired Federal Emergency Management Agency worker in Moultrie, Georgia, says he and his wife won’t be traveling much next year after their mont... |
| 17.10.2025 | Fixed Income Strategies
ACA enhanced subsidy lapse could hit early retirees hardest amid shutdown fight | Democrats are pushing to extend enhanced subsidies for Affordable Care Act health insurance premiums as part of a deal to end the federal government shutdown.
Republicans say they want any deal on subsidies to happen outside shutdown-relate... |
| 16.10.2025 | As the shutdown drags on, these people will lose if health care subsidies expire | By ALI SWENSON and KENDRIA LAFLEUR, Associated Press
TYLER, Texas (AP) — Celia Monreal worries every day about the cartilage loss in her husband’s knees. Not just because it’s hard for her to see him in pain but also because she knows soon ... |
| 16.10.2025 | Financial Advisor Playbook
How expiring ACA health insurance subsidies could impact Roth conversions | Amid the government shutdown, Congress is wrestling over the future of Affordable Care Act health insurance subsidies, which currently make Marketplace coverage more affordable for certain Americans.
The final decision could impact tax plan... |
| 30.09.2025 | Affordable Care Act premiums will rise 114% if enhanced subsidies expire, KFF says | Health insurance premiums for plans bought over the Affordable Care Act marketplace will increase 114% on average if enhanced subsidies expire at year’s end, according to an analysis by KFF, a nonpartisan health policy research group.
Democ... |
| 10.09.2025 | ACA cliff may mean ‘huge premium shock’ for 22 million people in 2026, expert says | Enhanced subsidies for Affordable Care Act insurance premiums are set to expire at the end of 2025 if Congress doesn’t intervene.
The enhanced subsidies, or enhanced premium tax credits, have been in place since 2021.
The average premium wo... |
| 19.08.2025 | Even in states that fought Obamacare, Trump’s new law poses health consequences | Many of its provisions are focused on the 40 states that expanded Medicaid under the ACA, which added millions more low-income adults to the rolls. But the consequences are not confined to those states. A proposal from conservatives to cut ... |
| 22.07.2025 | ACA marketplace health plan enrollees could face ‘subsidy cliff’ in 2026 — here’s how to avoid it | Starting in 2026, millions of Americans could see a steep increase in the cost for marketplace health insurance unless Congress extends a pandemic-era tax break.
Without action from Congress, the premium tax credit — which makes Affordable ... |
| 20.07.2025 | Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’ includes these key tax changes for 2025 — what they mean for you | President Donald Trump’s “big beautiful bill” includes several tax changes that are effective for 2025.
Provisions include permanent extensions of Trump’s 2017 tax cuts, along with boosts for the standard deduction and child tax credit.
The... |
| 11.07.2025 | Why 22 million people may see a ‘sharp’ increase in health insurance premiums in 2026 | The so-called “big beautiful bill” that President Donald Trump signed on July 4 cut taxes for some households.
However, the law didn’t extend a tax break that has lowered health insurance premiums for millions of Affordable Care Act enrolle... |
| 22.03.2025 | Market Resilience Amidst Tariff Turmoil: A Fragile Recovery | The stock market is a fickle beast, often swayed by the winds of policy and sentiment. As the S&P 500 eked out a gain last Friday, it marked a glimmer of hope after four weeks of relentless declines. The index climbed a mere 0.08%, clos... |
| 21.03.2025 | Health | Health insurers made $41B the year COVID-19 landed. Why are they raising rates now? | Yet the first year of the pandemic was historic not only for COVID-19, but for a surprising side effect — the health system known for inexorable growth actually provided less care in most categories. Elective procedures were put on hold due... |
| 30.01.2025 | Health | The growing inequality in life expectancy among Americans | Since 2000, the average life expectancy of many American Indians and Alaska Natives has been steadily shrinking. The same has been true since 2014 for Black people in low-income counties in the southeastern U.S.
“Some groups in the United S... |
| 15.01.2025 | Is U.S healthcare system on brink of collapse as two hospital chains go bust in a year | The late 2024 killing of UnitedHealthcare (NYSE: UNH) CEO Brian Thompson brought the state of medicine in the U.S. into focus.
Though the successes of the system are undeniable, it has become impossible to ignore its many deficiencies, whic... |
| 23.12.2024 | Why Online Study Options Are Important in Healthcare | Created by Carl Williams
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| 07.12.2024 | Navigating the Health Insurance Maze: Your Guide to Affordable Coverage | The world of health insurance can feel like a labyrinth. Each turn presents new choices, and the stakes are high. Open enrollment is upon us, and for many, it’s a chance to secure a safety net. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplace is y... |
| 07.12.2024 | The Nursing Home Staffing Mandate: A Tug of War Between Care and Cost | The nursing home industry stands at a crossroads. A new staffing mandate, issued by the Biden administration, aims to ensure that nursing homes provide adequate care for their residents. The rule requires registered nurses to be on-site 24/... |
| 01.12.2024 | Sponsored Content | Open Enrollment Is Here: Discover Affordable Options From Anthem In Colorado | Getty ImagesOpen Enrollment Is Here: Discover Affordable Options From Anthem In Colorado
By Matt Pickett | Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Colorado
We all want good health, both for ourselves and for our families. That’s why we center ... |
| 22.11.2024 | Health | Pay first, deliver later: Some women are being asked to prepay for their baby | How frequently this happens is hard to track because it is considered a private transaction between the provider and the patient. Therefore, the payments are not recorded in insurance claims data and are not studied by researchers.
Patients... |
| 21.09.2024 | The Financial Tightrope: Catholic Hospitals and Community Care in Crisis | In the heart of America, hospitals are the lifelines of communities. Yet, many are struggling. Catholic hospitals, once bastions of charity and care, now face a storm of financial challenges. The mission of healing clashes with the harsh re... |
| 20.09.2024 | Can Community Hospitals Weather the Financial Storm? What’s Needed | Pete Heydt, President of PatientPay
A recent survey of community hospitals found nearly 70% rate their financial health as “average” or poor.” In this environment, community hospitals must take a fresh look at their approach to patient fina... |
| 16.08.2024 | From Comfort to Cure’: Answering the Call of ASCO 2024 | Dr. Robert Den, Chief Medical Officer at Alpha Tau Medical
The landscape of cancer treatment has continued to evolve, and the annual ASCO Meetings often set the stage for “what’s next in cancer care.” The overarching narrative at the 2024 A... |
| 17.07.2024 | Americans spend more on health care than any other nation. Yet almost half can't afford care. | Protest outside UnitedHealthcare headquarters ends in arrests
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Americans spend more money on health care on a per capita basis than people in any other developed nation, yet... |
| 28.05.2024 | The High Cost of Diabetes Drugs: A Barrier to Health | In the realm of healthcare, the issue of affordability and access to essential medications is a critical concern that affects the well-being of individuals, particularly those suffering from chronic conditions like diabetes. The soaring pri... |
| 25.05.2024 | Health | High price of popular diabetes drugs deprives low-income people of effective treatment | Supply shortages and insurance hurdles for this powerful class of drugs, called GLP-1 agonists, have left many people who are suffering from diabetes and obesity without the medicines they need to stay healthy.
One root of the problem is th... |
| 20.05.2024 | High price of Ozempic, other diabetes drugs deprive low-income people of effective treatment | For the past year and a half, Tandra Cooper Harris and her husband, Marcus, who both have diabetes, have struggled to fill their prescriptions for the medications they need to control their blood sugar.
Without Ozempic or a similar drug, Co... |
| 17.05.2024 | Their first baby came with medical debt. These parents won’t have another | Crivilare’s pregnancy may have been more dramatic than most. But for millions of new parents, medical debt is now as much a hallmark of having children as long nights and dirty diapers.
About 12% of the 100 million U.S. adults with health c... |
| 29.04.2024 | Steep Ozempic, Wegovy prices face fresh scrutiny from officials | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
The prices of blockbuster drugs used for weight loss are gaining increased scrutiny as the universe of Americans who could receive these treatments expands.
Why it matters: With the drugs now availabl... |
| 24.04.2024 | Biden administration sets higher staffing mandates. Most nursing homes don’t meet them | Jordan Rau | (TNS) KFF Health News
The Biden administration finalized nursing home staffing rules Monday that will require thousands of them to hire more nurses and aides — while giving them years to do so.
The new rules from the Centers fo... |
| 15.04.2024 | Health | Nearly 1 in 4 adults dumped from Medicaid are now uninsured, survey finds | Phil Galewitz | KFF Health News (TNS)
Nearly a quarter of adults disenrolled from Medicaid in the past year say they are now uninsured, according to a survey released Friday that details how tens of millions of Americans struggled to retain... |
| 12.04.2024 | Nearly 1 in 4 adults dumped from Medicaid are now uninsured, survey finds | Nearly a quarter of adults disenrolled from Medicaid in the past year say they are now uninsured, according to a survey released Friday that details how tens of millions of Americans struggled to retain coverage in the government insurance ... |
| 13.03.2024 | Weight-Loss Drugs: Other Key Considerations | Drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, and Zepbound have the potential to improve the health of millions of people with obesity and obesity-related diseases, but there are multiple factors to consider in deciding whether to use these drugs, ... |
| 12.03.2024 | Health | Fact check: Biden is right. The US generally pays double that of other countries for prescription drugs | Samantha Putterman, PolitiFact | (TNS) KFF Health News
If you went “anywhere in the world,” you could get a prescription filled for 40% to 60% less than it costs in the U.S.
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| 08.03.2024 | 5 things you can do to lower your ER bill — or avoid one in the first place | Healthcare 5 things you can do to lower your ER bill — or avoid one in the first place
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| 05.03.2024 | 1 million Arizonans will have all their medical debt wiped out, joining other states' efforts to make sure the burden doesn't 'torpedo' Americans' lives, Arizona's governor says | Economy 1 million Arizonans will have all their medical debt wiped out, joining other states' efforts to make sure the burden doesn't 'torpedo' Americans' lives, Arizona's governor says
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| 27.02.2024 | A former US surgeon general went to the ER for dehydration and ended up with a $5,000 bill. He called healthcare a 'broken system.' | Healthcare A former US surgeon general went to the ER for dehydration and ended up with a $5,000 bill. He called healthcare a 'broken system.'
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| 15.02.2024 | Weight-Loss Drugs: Cost and Cost-Effectiveness | Drugs like Wegovy and Zepbound are effective in helping people lose weight, but the high price tag keeps them out of reach for many. Our series on weight-loss drugs continues with a look at the drugs’ cost and whether they are cost-effectiv... |
| 29.01.2024 | Which country has the best health care? That’s the wrong question | I’ve spent my career studying how different health care systems work. People love to ask me which country has the best care — and are often disappointed when I don’t have an easy answer for them.
Every health care model involves people doin... |
| 25.01.2024 | Novel Approaches Are Essential for Enabling Patient-First Outcomes in Value Based Care Models | American healthcare is highly inefficient. Across a variety of long-term health and treatment outcomes and patient safety metrics, the U.S. has lower performance compared with countries of similar economic status, despite spending more mone... |
| 18.01.2024 | A career coach shares the top industries hiring Gen Z and millennials in 2024 — and where layoffs might happen | Careers A career coach shares the top industries hiring Gen Z and millennials in 2024 — and where layoffs might happen
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| 11.01.2024 | Exclusive: DecisionRx nets $100M credit facility from Carlyle | DecisionRx, a value-based care medication management platform, received a $100 million credit facility from Carlyle, DecisionRx CEO James Wallace tells Axios exclusively.
Why it matters: Medication failure can cost health systems up to $42 ... |
| 09.01.2024 | Building Stronger Payer-Provider Alliances | The relationship between improved payer-provider collaboration and high-quality, affordable care is well-established, but the degree to which health systems and health plans develop true partnerships for value varies, a recent American Hosp... |
| 20.11.2023 | The Disconnect between R&D Costs and High Drug Prices | In the U.S., we pay approximately 2.5 times more than people in other countries. This matters, and it hurts; as much as one in four Americans cannot afford their medication. Unfortunately, the problem of affordability is getting worse. A 20... |
| 03.11.2023 | The best way to convince healthy people to get insurance is not ‘because it’s in your financial interest’ | ’Tis the season — open enrollment season, that is. Since before the Nov. 1 start to the annual open enrollment period, the advertising engines for state health insurance marketplaces, and the federal exchange, healthcare.gov, have been revv... |
| 23.10.2023 | Accelerating Financial Recovery Through Value-Based Care | Cofounder & CEO of PointClickCare, a leading healthcare technology platform enabling meaningful collaboration across the care continuum. |
| 03.10.2023 | Health | Who polices hospitals merging across markets? States give different answers | Samantha Liss | (TNS) KFF Health News
St. Louis’ largest health system, BJC HealthCare, plans to merge with Kansas City’s second-largest, Saint Luke’s Health System, uniting more than 28 hospitals on both sides of Missouri by the end of thi... |
| 01.09.2023 | A Value-Based Care Future Depends On Precision Medicine Scalability | David B. Snow, Jr. is chairman and CEO of Cedar Gate Technologies. |
| 20.07.2023 | A program to bring internet access to low-income people is running out of money. Health care will suffer | This past winter, one of us, Alister, was speaking with the daughter of an elderly patient at a community health center in Boston. Her mother had recently been admitted to a local hospital for pneumonia, and doctors believed that she was an... |
| 07.07.2023 | New Biden initiative targets controversial hospital ‘facility fees’ that often surprise patients | As part of the Biden administration’s broader efforts to lower health care costs, the White House announced new guidelines on Friday targeting a few of the most common sources of sticker shock. The new policy initiatives target some of the ... |
| 06.07.2023 | Health
Health | Will the doctor see you now? The health system’s changing landscape | Julie Appleby, KFF Health News, Michelle Andrews | (TNS) KFF Health News
Lucia Agajanian, a 25-year-old freelance film producer in Chicago, doesn’t have a specific primary care doctor, preferring the convenience of visiting a local clinic f... |
| 23.06.2023 | The staggering financial burden of giving birth — even with insurance | The burden of high health care costs and medical debt in the U.S. is no secret. Medical debt affects one in five adults in the U.S., with an average burden of more than $20,000 for each medical debtor. As primary care physicians, we frequen... |
| 06.06.2023 | Merck sues U.S. government over plan to negotiate Medicare drug prices, claiming "extortion" | Drugmaker Merck is suing the U.S. government over its plan to allow Medicare to negotiate prices for a handful of drugs, calling it "extortion."
The plan, part of the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act, is expected to save taxpayers bil... |
| 05.05.2023 | The health care dangers of a debt default | If the federal government breaches the debt ceiling, Medicare wouldn't be able to pay providers — and states wouldn't get their federal Medicaid funding, experts tell Axios.
Why it matters: Losing out on those payments, even for a short tim... |
| 28.04.2023 | Don't Expect Life Expectancy To Explain American Health Care | WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 28: Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Robert Califf testifies ... [+] during a Senate Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hi... |
| 14.04.2023 | These are the 10 Healthcare Statistics that Matter Most in 2023 | Understanding the most impactful 2023 healthcare statistics is critical if you’re in the healthcare industry or if you’re a customer of the U.S. healthcare industry — which is, basically, all of us. Young or old, employed or retired, what h... |
| 08.04.2023 | Healthcare, college education, and childcare started getting worse decades ago. Now we're all finally feeling it. | Probal Rashid/LightRocket via Getty Images
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| 15.03.2023 | Commentary
Commentary | Guest opinion: Alap Davé: Three paths toward improving our healthcare system | By Alap Davé
We are living through the most significant healthcare crisis to face a rich world nation in the post-World War II era. Americans are spending more than four times as much per capita on healthcare today than we were in 1980. Hea... |
| 06.03.2023 | Virtual or in person: Which kind of doctor's visit is better, and when it matters | When the COVID-19 pandemic swept the country in early 2020 and emptied doctors' offices nationwide, telemedicine was suddenly thrust into the spotlight. Patients and their physicians turned to virtual visits by video or phone rather than ri... |
| 14.02.2023 | Changes To Social Security Age Eligibility Cut Benefits, And Run Counter to Troubling Decline In U.S. Life Expectancy | A senior woman looks out of a train window.getty |
| 10.02.2023 | CVS’s acquisition of Oak Street doesn’t address health care’s woes | CVS Health’s acquisition of Oak Street Health, a Medicare-focused primary care provider, for $10.6 billion is just the latest in a string of primary care clinic buyouts by other retailers and insurance companies. Amazon, Walgreens Boots All... |
| 23.01.2023 | Amazon launches RxPass, a $5/month Prime add-on for all-you-need generic drugs covering 80 conditions | More than two years since announcing Amazon Pharmacy to take some of the prescription drugs business away from big (and smaller) drug stores, Amazon is launching a new product to expand its reach in the space. Today, it’s taking the wraps o... |
| 19.01.2023 | The Rise of Interest & Investment in Women’s Health | In the third century BCE, the Greek philosopher Aristotle described women as a “deformity.” He believed that they had male genitalia “turn’d outside in” and, for him and others, this description explained away any idiosyncratic women’s heal... |
| 08.11.2022 | PointClickCare and Pfizer enter into data sharing agreement | The company will provide data on the senior population at high risk of age-related disorders
There are many barriers that prevent people from participating in clinical trials, including geographical concerns, or simply that the people who w... |
| 04.11.2022 | Believers in science must take action when recommendations breach public health | Medical practitioners and public health officials work within boundaries that, when crossed by others, can harm the people they are entrusted to protect. When these red lines are crossed, the medical and scientific community can — and shoul... |
| 24.10.2022 | Obamacare Open Enrollment Brings Election Day "Gift" To Voters | WASHINGTON, DC April 5, 2022: US President Joe Biden hands the pen used to sign an Executive Order ... [+] to continue to strengthen access to the Affordable Care Act to Former President Barack Obama in the East Room of The White House on T... |
| 19.10.2022 | Clothes, electronics, and toys are set to get cheaper this holiday season. That doesn't really help most Americans deal with inflation. | Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
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| 12.10.2022 | Maternity care in the U.S. is in crisis. It’s time to call the midwife | After pushing for several hours, my patient looks exhausted but happy, clutching her seconds-old newborn to her chest. As I help her put her baby to breast for the first time, she isn’t thinking about anything other than the tiny human blin... |
| 13.09.2022 | Virtual maternal telehealth provider BabyLiveAdvice raises $1.1M | The infant mortality rate in the US is 71% higher than the comparable country average
The infant mortality rate in the U.S. is sadly, and shockingly, high: 5.8 deaths under one year of age per 1,000 live births, which is 71 percent higher t... |
| 01.09.2022 | Carepatron Report Analyzes The Cities in America with the Worst (and Best) Hospitals | Healthcare worker and advocate "In 2022, it is staggering to consider that your zip code largely drives the quality of your healthcare" says Jamie Frew, CEO of Carepatron.
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| 31.08.2022 | As hospitals raise their prices, U.S. workers and businesses suffer | Despite a recent taxpayer-subsidized boon, the hospital industry spent the last several months lobbying for additional federal dollars amid warnings about the continued spread of Covid-19 and inflation’s impact on the nation’s health care s... |
| 25.08.2022 | Amazon Briefing: Unpacking Amazon’s health care ambitions | This is the latest installment of the Amazon Briefing, a weekly Modern Retail column about the ever-changing Amazon ecosystem. To receive it in your inbox every week, sign up here.
In recent months, Amazon has been doubling down on its fora... |
| 21.08.2022 | Commentary
Commentary | Guest opinion: Simon F. Haeder: Letting Medicare negotiate drug prices won’t be the game-changer Democrats hope it will be | By Simon F. Haeder
Democrats hope their new health care, tax and climate law begins to rein in soaring prescription drug prices.
One of its most touted provisions allows Medicare, America’s health insurance program for seniors, to negotiate... |
| 28.07.2022 | These 4 Financing Options Can Help Patients Obtain Access to Important and Sometimes Vital Medical Attention | OCEANSIDE, Calif. (PRWEB) July 28, 2022
It is no secret that healthcare costs can get extremely high, and paying for those costs is not always as simple as utilizing your insurance. While health insurance can certainly help mitigate some of... |
| 27.07.2022 | The future of health care is here. When will it be everywhere? | To paraphrase Canadian-American speculative fiction writer William Gibson: The future of health care is already here; it’s just unevenly distributed.
We live in a world where science continues to produce marvels: Researchers can load miniat... |
| 21.07.2022 | Childbirth Now Costs Nearly $3,000 for Insured Americans | THURSDAY, July 21, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A new analysis shows the average out-of-pocket expense for delivering a child in the United States is nearly $3,000, even for people with insurance.
To determine just how much childbirth costs, Ka... |
| 01.07.2022 | Lower insulin co-pays, list prices targeted in new bipartisan U.S. Senate bill | WASHINGTON — Two key senators have unveiled the details of a bipartisan plan to lower costs for insulin, a lifesaving drug that some Americans have struggled to afford in recent years as prices have skyrocketed.
Sens. Jeanne Shaheen, a New ... |
| 30.06.2022 | Mainstream medicine must embrace palliative care services | Even before the onset of Covid-19, there were legions of people with serious illnesses in America. Yet medical students and resident physicians get only a few hours of education on how to help these people cope with suffering or plan for th... |
| 07.06.2022 | Americans Are Set To Receive $1 Billion In Health Insurance Rebates This Year | Portrait of an Asian woman at home checking her mail and looking very happy - lifestyle concepts getty |
| 15.05.2022 | A startup that operates a buy-now, pay-later model for healthcare bills is hoping to drive the uptake of psychological care | Walnut is a buy-now, pay-later platform for medical bills.
Co-founder and CEO Roshan Patel told Insider about Walnut's plan to improve medical accessibility.
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| 12.05.2022 | Turquoise Health scores $20M to power healthcare price transparency | The news: Healthcare price transparency startup Turquoise Health raised $20 million in Series A financing, which was led by venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, to launch its direct contracting platform.
How it works: Turquoise Health’... |
| 26.04.2022 | How hospitals and health systems can help patients avoid medical debt | While the goal of the American health care system is to improve health and well-being, it triggers financial hardship for many people. One in five U.S. households have incurred medical debt, making it the most common form of unpaid bill for... |
| 28.03.2022 | Breaking The Rules Of Healthcare: Getting The Quality Of Care You Pay For | The top 10 health systems own one-sixth of all U.S. hospitals and combine for $226.7 billion in net ... [+] patient revenues. If these health systems were a country, they'd boast the 43rd largest economy in the world. getty |
| 07.03.2022 | Cedar Launches Cedar Pre to Transform Patient Financial Experience | What You Should Know:
– Cedar launches Cedar Pre to deliver seamless and comprehensive healthcare experiences to consumers preparing for care.
– By leveraging Cedar’s expanded patient engagement suite, providers can empower patients with un... |
| 01.03.2022 | Equitable access to digital health innovations requires a systems thinking approach | Over the last decade, the dawn of digital health has accelerated biopharmaceutical innovation, the pace of which has only quickened since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. Yet within this tech-enabled health ecosystem, a glaring inequity ... |
| 28.10.2021 | 5 Ways to Save During 2022 Open Enrollment | Blog
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| 27.10.2021 | One chart can tell you if you actually need a booster shot or not | An elderly woman receives a booster shot of her COVID-19 vaccine in Netanya, Israel, January 19, 2021. Ronen Zvulun/REUTERS
Booster shots are now available to a broad swath of people in the US who are fully vaccinated.
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| 14.10.2021 | Healthcare APIs: 3 Ways APIs Differ in Healthcare vs. Enterprise | Anand Hirekatur, Engineering Leader at Innovaccer
The recent enforcement of new rules to encourage the freer flow of healthcare data mainly through application programming interfaces (APIs) has jolted providers and payers into action to mee... |
| 06.10.2021 | New Telehealth Platform Tackles Service, Retail and Labor Employer Groups with Health & Wellness | Improving the quality of life for millions of uninsured and underinsured. perhaps the greatest lesson learned the past eighteen months has been the value of a sound mind and body
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| 20.09.2021 | RCM: The Art of Compassionate Billing—and Why You Should Put Patients First | Florian Otto Co-founder and CEO, Cedar
A woman is charged $22,000 for stitches and scar repair after being bitten by a dog. A man gets hit with a $30,000 bill for ACL reconstruction surgery. People around the country receive Covid-19 test b... |
