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Hospitals suing to stop honest health care pricing

Hospitals suing to stop honest health care pricing

Jan 27, 2020 | Federal Issues, Issues, News

An effort by the Trump administration to help patients battling sky-high surprise medical bills is earning high praise from patients, consumer advocates and even former health care advisers to President Obama. Under a Department of Health and Human Services rule...
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Punished for insurance? Insured patients pay more for same care

Punished for insurance? Insured patients pay more for same care

Sep 11, 2019 | Health Insurance, News

Two patients with the same symptoms receive the same treatment at the same hospital. Same bill, right? Patient Patti Joiner learned the hard way that insurance isn’t health care when she visited a Texas emergency room along with her mother experiencing the same flu...
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