The Washington Post A handful of providers are hijacking the arbitration process, and consumers are likely to foot the bill. Imagine you get hit by a car. An ambulance brings you to the nearest hospital. Your private health insurance covers…
A Seattle City Council budget proposal would put up $350,000 to partner with a nonprofit that buys and cancels old medical debt, a move backers say could wipe out millions of dollars owed by local residents. The idea comes from Councilmember…
Oct 23, 2026 at 11:20 AM EDT Oct 23, 2026 at 12:02 PM EDT Nearly one million Americans enrolled in Medicare Advantage plans through UnitedHealthcare and Humana are expected to be affected by plan closures as two of the country's biggest insurers scale back portions of…
Oct 29, 2026 at 04:13 PM EDT Another major Texas health system is leaving the Medicare Advantage insurance market as hospitals and health systems across the country retreat from certain private Medicare plans. Houston-based Memorial Hermann Health System is ending its Medicare Advantage…
Kenneth Johnson is about to lose his Medicare Advantage plan for the second time. "It was after COVID, and they sent me to Security Health. They recommended the plan I have now, but now it's being canceled," the Stanley, Wisconsin,…
Health financing is a core pillar of health systems and encompasses the three functions of how revenues for health are collected, pooled and paid out to providers of health care services. It can be leveraged to pursue key universal health…
KFF counted 193 counties with no Medicare Advantage drug plan open to general enrollment in 2027, up from 123 this year Humana and UnitedHealthcare are ending Medicare Advantage plans that cover close to 1 million people for 2027, and a new analysis of county-level data…
The state has erased over $1.4 billion in medical debt for almost 700,000 Illinoisans for pennies on the dollar, two years after launching a new relief program. At its launch, the Illinois Medical Debt Relief Program aimed to eliminate $1 billion in debt.
Thousands of Texans turn to outside help to navigate an often confusing application process for financial assistance. Many say their hospital did little to inform them. This article first appeared in Public Health Watch. Nikki Myles knew the hospital bill…
Hope Charities, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit serving individuals living with rare and chronic illnesses in the bleeding disorders community, announced today that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) has issued a Favorable Advisory Opinion No. 26‑17 regarding…
Health insurers and their patients: claim denials and prior authorisation, UnitedHealth and the other insurance giants, Medicare Advantage, and medical-debt relief.
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