States, including Washington, have implemented or are considering limits on facility fees that blindside millions of Americans who didn’t set foot inside a hospital
Since 2021, hospitals nationwide have been laboring to post their prices for every service, drug, and item they provide, but progress is mixed
Mar 30, 2023
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Andrew Johnson says his friends think he’s crazy for deciding to work in human services. He knows he made the right career choice for himself, but he still wants to be able to afford a house in Montana someday.
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Not just an Oregon problem, the supply of staff is inadequate to meet demand for behavioral health care across the U.S. amid low reimbursement rates
Mar 28, 2023
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U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont speaking at a town meeting at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona, on July 18, 2015.
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With little authority over drug prices, the platform Sanders commands is essentially a bully pulpit
Mar 28, 2023
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The Healthy Communities Coalition organizes a few mobile dental events each year in Lyon County, Nevada, funded by a mix of federal and state grants.
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WENDY MADSON
These births coincide with high rates of maternal and infant death, billions of dollars in care costs, and often lifelong disabilities for the children who survive