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How much will I be charged? Study examines patient bills for top 10 visits to the emergency room

It's a basic, reasonable question: How much will this cost me? For patients in the emergency room, the answer all too often is a mystery.

Health created Feb 27, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Debt and income concerns deter medical students from primary care careers

(Medical Xpress)—Primary care physicians—America's front line healthcare practitioners—are usually the first to diagnose illness, refer patients to specialists and coordinate care. Yet, despite that critical role, primary ...

Health created Sep 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Anesthesiology trainees' debt impacts moonlighting, career

(HealthDay) -- Having high medical school debt increases the likelihood of anesthesiology residents moonlighting and joining practice groups with debt repayment programs, while decreasing their odds of pursuing ...

Other created Jul 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

13.7 million young adults stayed on or joined their parents' health plans in 2011

In 2011, 13.7 million young adults ages 19 to 25 stayed on or joined their parents' health plans, including 6.6 million who would likely not have been able to do so before passage of the Affordable Care Act, according to ...

Health created Jun 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Medical debt keeps rising, new report shows

Hard hit by one of the worst recessions in nearly a century, hundreds of thousands of Californians lost insurance coverage across the state as employers shed jobs and the health plans that came with those jobs, according ...

Health created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Insured and still at risk: Number of underinsured increased 80 percent between 2003 - 2010

The number of underinsured adults -- those with health insurance all year, but also with very high medical expenses relative to their incomes -- rose by 80 percent between 2003-2010, from 16 million to 29 million, according ...

Health created Sep 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Three quarters of those who have lost jobs and health insurance are skipping needed health care

Nearly three-quarters (72%) of people who lost their health insurance when they lost their jobs over the last two years said that they skipped needed health care or did not fill prescriptions because of cost, according to ...

Health created Aug 24, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Health insurance doesn't always protect people from medical debt

In 2010, about 40 percent of Americans -- or 73 million people -- had trouble paying medical bills, up from 34 percent in 2005. Now, a new study confirms that having health insurance coverage is no guarantee ...

Health created Jul 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1