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Costs tied to No Surprises Act's IDR process hit $22B in 2025, study finds

Costs associated with the No Surprises Act's dispute resolution process reached $22.4 billion at the end of 2025, according to a new analysis.

Original Medicare Has No Out-of-Pocket Maximum. In a Cancer Year, That 20% Can Become Almost Any Number.

Hospital Prepayment Requirements Add New Wrinkles to Patients’ Financial Responsibility

Hospitals and other medical providers are increasingly asking for payment before providing care, collecting more of what patients might owe as rising insurance deductibles add to A...

Which Families Pay Most for Neonatal Intensive Care? Analyzing NICU Out-of-Pocket Costs

The price of saving a newborn’s life can extend far beyond the hospital walls. A new analysis published in the Journal of Perinatology is drawing attention to a largely invisible c...

Industry survey finds MA enrollees have lower out-of-pocket costs than those in traditional Medicare

A new analysis finds that Medicare Advantage enrollees spend less on average than those in the traditional program, but report similar satisfaction levels.

The Market Forces Quietly Adding Thousands to Patient Bills

The true cost of “vertical integration”: patients directed to a higher-priced location for procedures. Or forced to buy from their insurer’s wholly owned pharmacy, which may not st...

Direct primary care gains momentum as experts weigh benefits and tradeoffs

Membership-based primary healthcare is becoming commonplace, offering longer visits, more individualized care and lower out-of-pocket costs for certain tests and medications, accor...

The price of Ozempic is a meaningless phrase

By JOHN SAMARAS Ask what Ozempic costs. The honest answer runs from $25 a month to $1,100 a month, and every number in that range is real, published, and defensible. A phraseContin...

Hospitals are increasingly requiring insured patients to pay upfront before getting care

Thomas Zordani flew from his home in Denver to Phoenix for a consultation with a Mayo Clinic neurosurgeon, hoping to find out what could be done to treat his debilitating headaches...

Money Costs Money

Insurance is part of the financial industry. Therefore, a reasonable assumption is that executives in the insurance industry would know that money costs money. Based on their actio...

Alberta out-of-pocket payments for private medical testing beginning this week

Patients will pay for the tests when they receive them and potentially be reimbursed if the results lead to a cancer diagnosis, the Alberta government said.

10 Overlooked Retirement Costs to Budget For

Long-term care can run past $129,000 a year. Healthcare can top $345,000 for a couple. Here are the retirement costs people tend to miss. The post 10 Overlooked Retirement Costs to...

Japan to raise caps on out-of-pocket medical expenses

The changes are intended to curb ballooning national medical costs.

This Common Medicare Choice Requires Double the Savings. Here’s What Retirees Need to Know

When it comes to Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage, one type of coverage is likely to leave you with higher out-of-pocket costs.

How To Cover Medical Costs That Insurance Doesn't Cover