Clear Health Costs

Russell Cordeiro doesn’t have health insurance because it is too expensive. Jason Fullmer and his family avoid traditional insurance in favor of cost-sharing. Recent master’s graduate Mrinali...

https://clearhealthcosts.com/blog/2024/05/a-portrait-of-new-yorks-uninsured/

In a decision that may have major implications for healthcare, the Federal Trade Commission has moved to outlaw noncompete clauses in job contracts. The new rule would strike down the widely used...

https://clearhealthcosts.com/blog/2024/05/f-t-c-moves-to-outlaw-noncompete-clauses-challenges-immediately-arise/

“The most influential players in the health industry are fighting over a controversial plan to let the attorney general block hedge funds and private equity firms from acquiring health care fac...

https://clearhealthcosts.com/blog/2024/05/doctors-vs-hospitals-a-bid-to-regulate-hedge-funds-is-dividing-california-medical-groups/

By Patrick Rucker, The Capitol Forum, and David Armstrong, ProPublica. This story was originally published by ProPublica. In late 2020, Dr. Debby Day said her bosses at Cigna gave her a stark war...

https://clearhealthcosts.com/blog/2024/04/a-doctor-at-cigna-said-her-bosses-pressured-her-to-review-patients-cases-too-quickly-cigna-threatened-to-fire-her/

By Samantha Liss Two months after a cyberattack on a UnitedHealth Group subsidiary halted payments to some doctors, medical providers say they’re still grappling with the fallout, even though U...

https://clearhealthcosts.com/blog/2024/04/medical-providers-still-grappling-with-unitedhealth-cyberattack-more-devastating-than-covid/

UnitedHealthcare has been clawing back overpayments it says it made mistakenly to social workers and other therapists, causing havoc for many therapists and patients. The insurance giant told the...

https://clearhealthcosts.com/blog/2024/04/medicare-clawbacks-strike-therapists-nationwide/

“Costs for home healthcare for the elderly and bed-ridden have gone up by 14.2 percent over the past year, according to new Consumer Price Index data released Wednesday,” Alejandra O’Conn...

https://clearhealthcosts.com/blog/2024/04/home-healthcare-for-elderly-sees-largest-price-increase-ever/

“Over the past decade, R.I.P. Medical Debt has grown from a tiny nonprofit group that received less than $3,000 in donations to a multimillion-dollar force in health care philanthropy,” Sar...

https://clearhealthcosts.com/blog/2024/04/paying-off-peoples-medical-debt-has-little-impact-on-their-lives-study-finds/

By Julie Appleby Some consumers covered by Affordable Care Act insurance plans are being switched from one plan to another without their express permission, potentially leaving them unable to see...

https://clearhealthcosts.com/blog/2024/04/a-c-a-plans-are-being-switched-without-enrollees-o-k/

Nearly 1 in 5 Americans has medical debt, which is no longer a surprise. What is a surprise is that medical debt is linked to early death, a recent study found. The study, published in JAMA Netwo...

https://clearhealthcosts.com/blog/2024/04/medical-debt-linked-to-early-death/