Patients often bear the cost of unexpected bills for basic preventive services such as wellness visits and cancer screenings.
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Health researchers hope a new regulation requiring hospitals to post their prices will tame soaring health care costs, but compliance and standardization are hurdles.
Surprise medical bills have led to financial pain and suffering on top of whatever ailed a patient in the first place. A recent study shows that the practice drives up costs for everyone.
When you receive a medical bill you didn’t expect – even though you’re insured. And it’s still happening, even in time of COVID-19.
Presidential candidates have been proposing plans to expand health coverage, lower prescription drug costs and make hospital bills more transparent. But few get to the real problem. Here’s why.
A cancer diagnosis is one of the scariest of all. The pain and fear are worsened by a confusing landscape of bills, opaque billing systems and changing insurance rules, rates and reimbursements.
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Associate Director, Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics and Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutical and Health Economics, University of Southern California
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Research Scientist and Director of Research Training in Health Policy and Economics, University of Southern California
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Associate Director, USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy, University of Southern California
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Professor of Surgery, Division of Public Health Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis
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Policy Analyst, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Katharine T. Bartlett Professor of Law, Duke University
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Senior Data Scientist, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Associate Professor of Surgery and Public Policy, University of Virginia
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Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Management, UMass Amherst
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Assistant Professor of Health Economics, University of Toronto