Health Care Costs

This story also ran on The Daily Beast. This story can be republished for free (details). A desperate but determined group of parents raised millions through golf tournaments and cocktail parties to support research for drugs to fight cystinosis, a rare, fatal childhood disease. They were ecstatic when a pill called Procysbi was approved in […]

This story also ran on NPR. This story can be republished for free (details). When Drew Calver had a heart attack last year, his health plan paid nearly $56,000 for the 44-year-old’s four-day emergency hospital stay at St. David’s Medical Center in Austin, Texas, a hospital that was not in his insurance network. But the […]

SOBRE NOTICIAS EN ESPAÑOL Noticias en español es una sección de KFF Health News que contiene traducciones de artículos de gran interés para la comunidad hispanohablante, y contenido original enfocado en la población hispana que vive en los Estados Unidos. Use Nuestro Contenido Este contenido puede usarse de manera gratuita (detalles). Cuando Drew Calver, de […]

SOBRE NOTICIAS EN ESPAÑOL Noticias en español es una sección de KFF Health News que contiene traducciones de artículos de gran interés para la comunidad hispanohablante, y contenido original enfocado en la población hispana que vive en los Estados Unidos. Use Nuestro Contenido Este contenido puede usarse de manera gratuita (detalles). La hija de Tania […]

Use Our Content This story can be republished for free (details). With frustration growing among Americans who are being charged exorbitant prices for medical treatment, a bipartisan group of senators Tuesday unveiled a plan to protect patients from surprise bills and high charges from hospitals or doctors who are not in their insurance networks. The […]

This story also ran on The New York Times. This story can be republished for free (details). DUBLIN, Calif. — On a recent Friday morning, more than 30 dentists and dental staffers gathered in a conference room to learn an arcane new skill: how to bill medical insurers. Pacing back and forth, the Florida dentist […]

This story also ran on The Washington Post. This story can be republished for free (details). If only patients knew how expensive medical procedures are and how wildly prices vary by hospital, they could be smart shoppers and lower the cost of health care for everybody. At least that’s what policy experts and health insurers […]

Explore The Database Campaign Contributions Tracker Pharma Cash To Congress By Elizabeth Lucas and KFF Health News Staff Mar 23 A KFF Health News database tracks campaign donations from drugmakers over the past 10 years. Before the midterm elections heated up, dozens of drugmakers had already poured about $12 million into the war chests of […]

Use Our Content This story can be republished for free (details). At a time of mounting national anger about rising health care prices, the country’s largest union of health workers has sponsored ballot measures in two San Francisco Bay Area cities that would limit how much hospitals and doctors can charge for patient care. The […]

Use Our Content This story can be republished for free (details). As a breast cancer survivor, Donna Catanuchi said she knows she can’t go without health insurance. But her monthly premium of $855 was too high to afford. “It was my biggest expense and killing me,” said Catanuchi, 58, of Mullica Hill, N.J. A “navigator” […]