Private Insurance
Needy Patients ‘Caught In The Middle’ As Insurance Titan Drops Doctors
By Phil Galewitz, KHN, Feb 25, 2020. For five years, Rasha Salama has taken her two children to Dr. Inas Wassef, a pediatrician a few blocks from her home in this blue-collar town across the… Read More
Employer Health Insurance Is Increasingly Unaffordable, Study Finds
By Reed Abelson, The New York Times, Sept. 30, 2019. Jessie McCormick had to quit her job to afford health care. Ms. McCormick, 27, who has a heart condition, had an opportunity to move from part… Read More
Patients Suffer As Insurers And Big Health Systems Spar For Market Share
Contract disputes between insurers and medical providers are causing uncertainty and disruption among patients. By Barbara Feder Ostrov, Kaiser Health News. David Lerman, a lawyer in Berkeley, Calif., changed health plans this year, only to learn… Read More
States’ Efforts to Ban Balance Billing Practices Is No ‘Surprise’
Balance Billing. When a provider bills you for the difference between the provider’s charge and the allowed amount. For example, if the provider’s charge is $100 and the allowed amount is $70, the provider may… Read More
Hospital Inpatient or Outpatient Status Determines if Your Insurance Will Pay
Understanding Observation Care. From the Valley Hospital, Valley Health System. What is Observation Care? Observation services are hospital outpatient services that a physician orders to allow for testing and evaluation. This observation period, which normally...