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By Patricia BornsAfter we reported on the charity care policies at Augusta Health and U.Va., quite a few people posted about struggles with medical bills....You have about eight months (240 days) to apply to the hospital for financial assistance, advised Corey Davis, a staff attorney with the National Health…

By Patricia BornsAfter we reported on the charity care policies at Augusta Health and U.Va., quite a few people posted about struggles with medical bills....You have about eight months (240 days) to apply to the hospital for financial assistance, advised Corey Davis, a staff attorney with the National Health…

Around the country, health care advocates are developing advocacy agendas to ensure that private health insurance plans meet consumers' needs. From addressing high costs for consumers to strengthening provider networks to improving prescription drug formularies, advocates have a lot of work planned this year to improve private insurance....Currently, the…

By Tom WilemonAshley Rochester watched as nurses switched out IV bags on her daughter, worrying if the baby girl was going to be OK and wondering how she got lost in the TennCare system.The child, River DeBoard, had come down with rotavirus, an intestinal virus that causes severe diarrhea…

By Elizabeth TaylorAs budget season in Washington begins, one thing comes to the top of our ledger: Medicaid.Members of Congress have proposed a new health insurance overhaul that, among other things, would cap Medicaid payments to states in a misguided effort to cut costs. A similar scenario is playing…

By Jason MillmanNearly 7.75 million people have so far signed up for 2015 health plans through HealthCare.gov, as activity on the Web site picks up just days before the end of the Affordable Care Act's second-ever enrollment period, Obama administration officials reported Wednesday.Traffic to the federal government's health insurance…