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A Progress Check on Hospital Price Transparency

A Progress Check on Hospital Price Transparency

Mary Kendall April 1, 2023

Michelle Andrews For decades, U.S. hospitals have commonly stonewalled individuals who wished to know...

Family with health insurance billed ,000 for air ambulance

Family with health insurance billed $53,000 for air ambulance

Mary Kendall March 30, 2023

LOVELAND, Colo. (KDVR) — Mattias Spiegel is a healthier 18-month-aged toddler. But on the...

Be well: Take a walk outside to boost your mental health

Be well: Take a walk outside to boost your mental health

Mary Kendall March 28, 2023

Scientific studies have revealed that breathing in fresh new air and soaking up vitamin...

Scientists warned a decade ago American lives were shortening. Then it got worse : Shots

Scientists warned a decade ago American lives were shortening. Then it got worse : Shots

Mary Kendall March 26, 2023

Just before Christmas, federal health officials confirmed life expectancy in America had dropped for...

Medical residents unionize at hospitals around the country : Shots

Medical residents unionize at hospitals around the country : Shots

Mary Kendall March 24, 2023

Dr. Leah Rethy is an internal medicine resident with Penn Medicine. Kimberly Paynter/WHYY hide...

Noble Health under investigation for Missouri hospital closures

Noble Health under investigation for Missouri hospital closures

Mary Kendall March 23, 2023

A year after private equity-backed Noble Health shuttered two rural Missouri hospitals, patients and...