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Health Care cost January 8, 2023

Want a Clue on Health Care Costs in Advance? New Tools Take a Crack at It

This article by Julie Appleby was first published in Kaiser Health News, republished with permission. Julie Appleby, Kaiser Health News January 3, 2023 Need medical treatment this year and want…

Health Care December 21, 2022

The Case of the Two Grace Elliotts: A Medical Billing Mystery

This article by Mark Kreidler was first published in Kaiser Health News and on NPR, republished with permission. Mark Kreidler December 21, 2022 Earlier this year, Grace Elizabeth Elliott got…

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Health Care cost November 20, 2022

Baby, That Bill Is High: Private Equity ‘Gambit’ Squeezes Excessive ER Charges From Routine Births

This article by Rae Ellen Bichell first appeared in Kaiser Health News, republished with permission Rae Ellen Bichell October 13, 2022 Elizabeth Huffner thinks it is obvious: A full-term, healthy…

Health Care cost November 17, 2022

How Banks and Private Equity Cash In When Patients Can’t Pay Their Medical Bills

[This article by Noam N. Levey and Aneri Pattani first appeared in Kaiser Health News and on NPR, republished with permission] Noam N. Levey and Aneri Pattani November 17, 2022…

Health Care cost October 31, 2022

Opinion: 64-year-old great-grandmother fears homelessness due to medical bills

[This opinion article is by Debbie Corkill, a resident of Dallas, Georgia originally from Cobb County] I’m a 64-year-old great-grandmother, and I am pure Georgia. I was born in Marietta,…

Health Care October 19, 2022

Kids’ Mental Health Care Leaves Parents in Debt and in the Shadows

This article and podcast by Yuki Noguchi was first published by NPR and by Kaiser Health News as part of their series “Diagnosis: Debt” Yuki Noguchi, NPR News October 19,…

Health Care October 18, 2022

The Ambulance Chased One Patient Into Collections

This article by Bram Sable first appeared in Kaiser Health News, republished with permission Bram Sable-Smith July 27, 2022 In retrospect, Peggy Dula said, she shouldn’t have taken the ambulance….

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Elections November 2, 2024

With Tucker Carlson, Elon Musk and Donald Trump, Republicans’ ‘strict father’ has become the creepy uncle

by Karrin Vasby Anderson, Colorado State University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] When Tucker Carlson, the reactionary pundit fired in 2023 from Fox News, preceded…

International November 2, 2024

Foreign countries are helping autocracies repress exiled dissidents in return for economic gain

by Rebecca Cordell, University of Pittsburgh and Kashmiri Medhi, University of Texas at Dallas, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Governments, even democratic ones, are willing…

Elections November 2, 2024

Rust Belt voters aren’t all white, but election coverage of the region often ignores the concerns of people of color there

by Christabel Devadoss, Middle Tennessee State University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Every four years, national media turn their attention to the Rust Belt, a…

Elections November 2, 2024

U.S. Justice Department stresses protection of voters’ rights

by Ariana Figueroa, Georgia Recorder, [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] October 30, 2024 WASHINGTON — With less than a week before the polls close…

Health Care November 2, 2024

‘A Pressure Campaign’: Beverly Hills Settles After Allegedly Blocking Abortion Clinic

This article by Christine Mai-Duc first appeared in KFF Health News, republished with permission. Christine Mai-Duc Updated October 31, 2024 Originally Published October 31, 2024 The city of Beverly Hills…

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medical bills

Want a Clue on Health Care Costs in Advance? New Tools Take a Crack at It

The Case of the Two Grace Elliotts: A Medical Billing Mystery

Baby, That Bill Is High: Private Equity ‘Gambit’ Squeezes Excessive ER Charges From Routine Births

How Banks and Private Equity Cash In When Patients Can’t Pay Their Medical Bills

Opinion: 64-year-old great-grandmother fears homelessness due to medical bills

Kids’ Mental Health Care Leaves Parents in Debt and in the Shadows

The Ambulance Chased One Patient Into Collections