Alexandria Brooks, 46, of Hernando, Florida, was recently charged $999,932 for a month-and-a-half hospital stay for double pneumonia, which later developed into acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). She wanted to share her story because that… Read More
Elise Hay’s daughter, Nora, was born with heart problems and needed surgery when she was four days old. After the two-week hospital stay, surgery, tests, and medications, the cost was nearly half a million dollars....
It took doctors about nine months to diagnose Kevin Paskawych of Marietta, Ohio, with pulmonary arterial hypertension, and all those diagnostic tests – plus four days in an Intensive Care Unit – added up. Plus,...
They are less expensive than hospitals. But when a facility isn’t equipped to handle an emergency, the consequences can be deadly. By Christina Jewett and Mark Alesia. From Kaiser Health News. The surgery went fine. Her… Read More
By Shanoor Seervai, The Commonwealth Fund. If you have a heart attack, chances are you won’t feel up to asking the emergency room doctor, “Are you in my network?” What’s more, if you’re lucky enough… Read More
Medicare does not cover an annual physical exam and patients who get them may be on the hook for the entire amount. When Beverly Dunn called her new primary care doctor’s office last November to...
By Christina Jewett, Kaiser Health News. Ed. – FDA scientists who speak up about patient safety concerns have been fired in retaliation, according to a Congressional investigation. The Food and Drug Administration has let medical… Read More
By Lisa Rapaport, Reuters Health. Many patients with neurologic disorders like multiple sclerosis, epilepsy and Parkinson’s disease have seen steep increases in their out-of-pocket costs for drugs in recent years, a U.S. study suggests…. Read More
Health Care Industry Spends $30B A Year Pushing Its Wares, From Drugs To Stem Cell Treatment By Liz Szabo, Kaiser Health News. Hoping to earn its share of the $3.5 trillion health care market, the… Read More
By CARMEN HEREDIA RODRIGUEZ, KAISER HEALTH NEWS. It was dusk as Oakley Yoder and the other summer camp kids hiked back to their tents at Illinois’ Jackson Falls last July. As the group approached a mound… Read More