Updates
Hospital Mergers and Patient Care: Striking the Right Balance
A new study looks at what happens when smaller hospitals are purchased by larger health systems.
Nonprofit: a legitimate status for hospitals or a way to avoid paying taxes?
Nonprofit hospitals are on alert after a hospital in Pennsylvania lost its nonprofit status – but it wasn’t…
Private equity firms may own your doctor. What does that mean for you?
A new report shows private equity investors are snatching up physician practices and jacking up the costs. In more…
Fact or fiction: Pets save us when it comes to health care costs?
We know pets make us happier and may bring health care benefits to our lives. Now there’s a new claim that…
The sport of the summer may be fun, but it may be more dangerous than we think
Pickleball might be the sport of the summer – but be careful! According to CNN, Americans are projected to spend…
Rising temperatures aren’t only an inconvenience, they’re also driving up health care costs
The summer heat is here. It’s not only uncomfortable, it’s also costing us more money.
Groceries or medications? Rising Rx costs force terrible choices
With the costs of everything rising, a new study published in JAMA Network Open shows that older adults in the US are…
Did you pay more for health care last year? Some Americans skipped care altogether
Voices for Affordable Health has sounded the alarm on high health care costs for years now, and yet another report…
Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Utah: Where do they fall on the list of most and least expensive states for health care?
Voices for Affordable Health has talked about the rising cost of health care time and time again.
Big Pharma hauls in big profits. But at least companies pay taxes. Right?
U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat and chairman of the Senate’s Finance Committee…