Arkansas Democrat-Gazette– Children with diabetes face a lifetime of challenges. And if insurers continue to exclude more and more diabetes-related medications and supplies from coverage, these children and their families could be saddled with a lifetime of exorbitant out-of-pocket costs...
The Atlantic– During a recent evening on call in the hospital, I was asked to see an elderly woman with a failing kidney. She’d come in feeling weak and short of breath and had been admitted to the cardiology service...
Denver Business Journal– In the end, doctors and rural patients counted the most victories this year. Read more here.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette– John Emerson still wonders if his previous insurer’s hesitance to approve an MRI means his shoulder will never heal entirely. He’s also irritated that his family’s current insurance plan forces his wife, Christine, to take a daily 60-milligram...
Healio Gastroenterology– Dan Sharp is an IBD patient and advocate who works to help educate and empower patients. Healio Gastroenterology and Liver Disease recently spoke with him about his own experience with an insurer delaying his care as recommended by his physician, and...
When he was diagnosed with two autoimmune diseases, Joel Hechler knew he’d be in for a battle. He didn’t realize maybe his toughest one would be with his insurance company. “I think they put the dollars ahead of a patient’s...
Aetna’s checkered history in Florida includes being reprimanded by a federal judge for misleading state regulators about why it was pulling its health care exchange plans from three Florida counties — Palm Beach, Broward and Volusia. Two years ago, an analysis of...
The Clarion-Ledger– Children with diabetes face a lifetime of challenges. However, if insurers continue to exclude more and more diabetes-related medications and supplies from coverage, children with diabetes and their families could be saddled with a lifetime of exorbitant out-of-pocket...
Philadelphia Inquirer– It was 2 in the morning when Annette Alexander rushed her daughter Cherie to Abington-Lansdale Hospital with throbbing head pain. The 24-year-old’s two-hour visit for what turned out to be a migraine headache led to a bill of...
Bloomberg View– The American health-care system has a unique problem with paperwork. The sheer number of participants — doctors, hospitals, clinics, insurance companies, patients — makes settling payments complicated, time-consuming and really expensive. The share of U.S. health-care spending devoted...