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Medical Bills Hide Fees Until After the Care Is Delivered
On October 5, 2026, the FTC sent warning letters to 24 healthcare services companies. The letters say that failing to give patients timely, accurate, and complete pricing for healt...
Healthcare Was Designed Around a World Where Someone Was Always Home. That World No Longer Exists
Healthcare scheduling was built around an assumption that was never stated explicitly because it did not need to be. One adult in a household does not work, or works flexible hours...
Elderly people lose $7.7 billion to scams every year and their families have almost no way to know it is happening until the money is gone
It came in on a Tuesday afternoon. The voice sounded exactly like her grandson. He was in trouble, he said. A car accident. Someone was hurt. He needed money for a lawyer before th...
People with chronic conditions re-explain their entire medical history to every new doctor because records do not transfer properly
The United States has spent over $35 billion since 2009 incentivising hospitals and clinics to adopt electronic health records through the HITECH Act. The goal was to create a digi...