Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have expressed support for saving Jackson Hospital & Clinic in Montgomery, which may be facing closure if the hospital cannot get its financial situation sorted out.
Affordable Care Act marketplace insurance plans denied an average of 1 in 5 claims in 2023, with two carriers denying as many as 1 in 3, according to a KFF analysis.
With hundreds of billions of dollars at stake, health care providers and officials are still sorting through conflicting memos as significant portions of their federal assistance sit in limbo.
Iowa patients would receive credit toward their health insurance deductible by paying for health care services in cash under a bill state lawmakers advanced Monday.
Indiana lawmakers are pushing to slash hospital prices after a Guardian investigation chronicled how one of the state's largest non-profit hospital chains bought up its competition and used its market power to stick patients with some of the highest bills in the country. A new bill introduced last week in the Indiana general assembly would strip non-profit hospitals of their tax-free status if they continue to charge commercially insured patients more than 200% of what the federal government pays for the same services under Medicare.
The one-time grant doesn't mean Bucktail Medical Center — which has about 80 employees — is safe from future challenges. Hospital administrators didn't say how long they expect the $1 million to last.