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Medicare doesn't usually pay for care outside the U.S. So how to retirees living abroad cover their health care expenses?
At least 43 million Americans have overdue medical bills on their credit reports.
Noncompete clauses aim to stop physicians from taking patients with them if they move to a competing practice. But is it fair to patients?
As Medicare for All becomes a rallying cry for Democrats, New Mexico is one of several states looking at offering a different type of plan.
There's typically a surge in enrollment at the end of the signup period, but myriad factors could dampen that trend this year.
Some analysts say they're unsure if a new federal policy will make a difference since states have already implemented similar strategies.
Two approved cancer therapies, with price tags of hundreds of thousands of dollars, have roiled the insurance approval process, leading to delays and, in some cases, denials of coverage.
A growing number of consumers taking expensive drugs are discovering they are no longer insulated by copay assistance programs.
The test will look for mutations in at least 77 genes that are associated with dozens of medical conditions ranging from heart disease to cancer.
The federal government has added four more "hardship exemptions" that let people off the hook if they can't find a marketplace plan.