Healthcare

Americans don’t have much love for their health insurance companies, according to data released by the American Customer Satisfaction Index. Among all industries in the finance and insurance category, health insurers ranked the lowest in customer satisfaction, scoring a 73 out of 100. By comparison, banks scored an 81, property …

RIP Medical Debt has a couple of new benefactors. The New York Health Campaign and a television station in Memphis, Tenn., have raised money that they donated to the organization, which it used to buy and forgive nearly $3 million in medical debt. The New York Health Campaign purchased $1.5 …

A growing number of retailers are offering healthcare services, from flu shots to having stitches removed. The products and services offered by those health retailers, such as pharmacies or department stores, are having an impact on how consumers approach their medical issues. And one option that many consumers are in …

Another television station has taken up the fight to help individuals in its viewing area who are dealing with high amounts of unpaid medical debts. Following other stations in Utah, St. Louis, and Seattle, Fox59 in central Indiana is looking to help families who have high amounts of unpaid medical …

Nearly half of Pennsylvanians have experienced healthcare affordability issues in the past year and one-third of those who participated in a survey have struggled to pay healthcare bills, according to a report from the Altarum Institute. Getting past the present and looking ahead to the future, four-fifths of those who …

Americans continue to spend more of their own money on healthcare expenses and that dynamic is especially problematic for individuals who make the least amount of money, according to a report issued by the JPMorgan Chase Institute. For the the third straight year, the amount of out-of-pocket healthcare expenses for …

Nearly one-in-three individuals with a serious health problem have been contacted by a collection agency because of an unpaid medical debt, according to a study that was released by the Harvard University School of Health, The New York Times, and The Commonwealth Fund. Having a serious health issue has caused …

How to do away with those nasty surprise medical bills that a patient receives when he or she is discharged from the hospital — a sticker shock known as balance billing — continues to dominate the healthcare news cycle, as more solutions are offered. Balance billing occurs when a hospital …

An interesting trend is developing across the country where families are eschewing health insurance and instead joining what are called health care sharing ministries, where people join together to pay for each other’s medical care. Frustrated over the growing cost of health insurance, more families appear to be signing up …

More than half of 1,054 patients with metastatic breast cancer who participated in a survey recently indicated they had stopped or were refusing treatments because of the cost, and 54% of those who were surveyed said they had been contacted by a debt collector because of an unpaid cancer-related debt. …