Never-ending costs: When resolved medical bills keep popping up : Shots

Never-ending costs: When resolved medical bills keep popping up : Shots

Suzanne and Jim Rybak, inside the craft room where their son, Jameson, would encourage Suzanne to make colorful beach bags, received a $4,928 medical bill months after it was supposedly resolved. By Gavin McIntyre/Kaiser Health News hide caption toggle caption By Gavin McIntyre/Kaiser Health News Suzanne and Jim Rybak, inside the craft room where their

Facebook market cap under 0 billion threshold for antitrust bills

Facebook market cap under $600 billion threshold for antitrust bills

Fb Chief Govt Officer and founder, Mark Zuckerberg, leaving the Merrion Resort in Dublin right after assembly with Irish politicians to examine regulation of social media, transparrency in political marketing and the protection of younger individuals and vulnerable adults. On Tuesday, April 2, 2019, in Dublin, Eire. Artur Widak | NurPhoto | Getty Illustrations or

No Surprises Act aims to help rein in big medical bills, starting Jan. 1 : Shots

No Surprises Act aims to help rein in big medical bills, starting Jan. 1 : Shots

HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra says doctors who are balking at the rules of the No Surprises Act aren’t looking out for patients. “I don’t think when someone is overcharging that it’s going to hurt the overcharger to now have to [accept] a fair price,” Becerra says. The Congressional Budget Office estimates the Biden team’s rules

How hospitals inflate bills for healthy births by labeling them ’emergencies’ : Shots

How hospitals inflate bills for healthy births by labeling them ’emergencies’ : Shots

When Caitlin Wells Salerno and Jon Salerno’s first son, Hank, was born, his delivery cost the family only $30. Gus’ bill came in at more than $16,000, all told — including the $2,755 ER charge. The family was responsible for about $3,600 of the total. Rae Ellen Bichell/KHN hide caption toggle caption Rae Ellen Bichell/KHN

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