#financial toxicity

After years of thundering against drugmakers, legislators have now focused on regulating the deal-makers known as pharmacy benefit managers.

Cathy Bradley, PhD, MPA, highlights how those already on the economic margins are set further behind by their time caregiving.

Record enrollment brought more consumers into the market while many insurers began offering smaller networks of doctors and hospitals.

Insurers now commonly require prior authorization for many mundane medical encounters, including basic imaging and prescription refills.

Advocates are pressing the IRS to crack down on nonprofit hospital systems that withhold financial assistance from low-income patients.

Patients saved as much as $222 per telehealth visit during the COVID pandemic.

Patients can face escalating undisclosed costs for cancer care without knowing how it will affect their family’s finances.

People who are injured or sick are asked, in a moment of stress, to prudently decide which medical setting is the best place to seek help.

Cancer mortality was about 3.5% lower in states that expanded Medicaid.

Substituting generic, biosimilar or less expensive medications can reduce costs without sacrificing quality of care.