Study: Some Marketplace Customers Spend 25 Percent Of Income On Health Expenses
Urban Institute researchers found that premiums and out-of-pocket costs are still a major concern for people seeking coverage on the health care marketplaces.
Out-Of-Pocket Costs
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Telenovelas, Spanish Website Seek To Inform Hispanics About Kidney Donations
The website Inf贸rmate offers resources and information to help dispel cultural myths that may keep Latinos from becoming live kidney donors.
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Health Plan Watchdog Still Seeks Progress After 25 Years
Increased comparative information on health plans is helping consumers shop, says Margaret O鈥橩ane, president of the National Committee for Quality Assurance.
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More Employers Offer Plans That Provide Lump Sums For Critical Illnesses
The plans can help workers cover their high deductibles, but the policies also have limitations.
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Do You Speak Health Insurance? It鈥檚 Not Easy.
Even savvy consumers stumble over terms like 鈥渃oinsurance.鈥
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Medicare Payment Changes Lead More Men To Get Screening Colonoscopies
The health law waived Medicare鈥檚 Part B deductible and dropped the 20 percent copayment for the preventive tests.
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ER Doctors Say Federal Rules Could Raise Patients鈥 Out-Of-Network Bills
Two physician groups say the government鈥檚 regulations for out-of-network emergency care payments will cost consumers more because insurers will pay less.
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Health Plans’ Coverage Of Some Drugs Can Be A Source Of Consumer Confusion
Some medicines, particularly intravenous treatments, are not listed in plans鈥 pharmacy benefit section and, therefore, it鈥檚 difficult to confirm coverage specifics.
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Single-Payer Health Care On Colorado Ballot In 2016
The group ColoradoCareYES gathered enough signatures 鈥 more than 100,000 鈥 to put a single-payer health system on the ballot next fall. But the price tag is a worry to some.
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Patients Want To Price-Shop For Care, But Online Tools Unreliable
A tough diagnosis and a high-deductible insurance plan motivated one couple to shop carefully for care. But they hit a snag -- inaccurate prices on online calculators. Who can comparison shop if the price tags are wrong?
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Cancer Meds Often Bring Big Out-Of-Pocket Costs For Patients, Report Finds
The advocacy arm of the American Cancer Society said Wednesday that federal and state governments should move to restrict insurers from charging patients a percentage of the cost of their prescription drugs.
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Even In High-Deductible Plans, Some Service May Be Covered Without Cost To You
KHN鈥檚 consumer columnist answers readers鈥 questions about high deductible plans, out of network benefits and increases in premium costs.
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No Ready-Made Rx For Rising Drug Costs
Lawmakers, insurers and others have floated proposals to combat the spike in prescription drug prices, but will any of them gain traction?
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N.Y. Attorney General Reaches Agreement With Urgent Care Clinics In First 鈥楽urprise Medical Bill鈥 Action
The clinics have agreed to disclose more fully which health insurance plans consider them 鈥渋n network.鈥
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Buyer Beware: A Mammogram鈥檚 Price Can Vary By Nearly $1,000, Study Finds
Researchers looked at women鈥檚 health services around the country and found stark disparities between cities but also within health care markets.
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Employers Shift More Health Costs To Workers, Survey Finds
Even as premiums for employer-based insurance increased only moderately this year, deductibles rose faster than total spending.
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The Hospital Is In Network, But Not The Doctor: N.Y. Tries New Balance Billing Law
Consumers in New York are getting new protections against 鈥渂alance billing,鈥 where insurers bill patients for the difference between what insurers pay and what providers want, and states considering similar laws are watching closely.