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This is Monica Smith, a 45-year-old Indiana woman who was in a serious car wreck in 2016. She had health insurance. The hospital refused to bill it, instead pursuing her
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Astounding: a woman giving birth in the United States is ten times more likely to die than a woman giving birth in New Zealand.https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2020/nov/maternal-mortality-maternity-care-us-compared
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As part of my reporting this year, I've read hundreds of bills for coronavirus tests.Some of them are pretty big — over $1,000 for tests that patients thought would be free.As testing
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As we wait for election returns, let me tell you about something you might see on your medical bill soon: a COVID fee.It's new, it tells you a lot about
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Last month, my son's daycare had a coronavirus outbreak. Another student in his class was positive. Then, my son vomited. I wanted to get him a COVID test.Even living in
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When the Affordable Care Act passed in 2010, it included a provision requiring insurers to spend at least 80 percent of insurer premiums on medical care. If they don't hit
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There's an obvious culprit when it comes to America's sky-high health care spending: high prices.But there's something less obvious, that's worth understanding a bit better: insurers do not have strong
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