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Nearly half of consumers are in debt due to medical bills, survey finds

Healthcare Dive

Many are struggling to afford their private health insurance and are unprepared for a medical emergency, a poll conducted for telehealth provider Babylon showed.

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Care access, affordability impeding long COVID patients, study finds

Healthcare Dive

Respondents had difficulty finding clinicians and health insurance and struggled to keep up with family medical bills in the previous year.

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Mary Lou Retton’s Explanation of Health Insurance Takes Some Somersaults

Kaiser Health News

Still, “we know from surveys and other data that, even 10 years on, a lot of people are unaware there are premium subsidies available through ACA marketplaces,” said Sabrina Corlette , co-director of the Center on Health Insurance Reform at Georgetown University. 1 and runs until Jan. 16 in most states.

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63% of Consumers Perceived Medical Billing as Challenging

HIT Consultant

Additionally, the study highlighted key themes related to health management, healthcare costs, medical privacy, and billing disputes. Overwhelmed (30%): The Overwhelmed segment expressed significant stress and anxiety when managing healthcare and medical bills.

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Simplifying Medical Bills to Improve Health Equity

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Mona Deora, Certified Medical Billing Specialist at BillingFreedom Records are very important in any health facility but for the patient, they can be a nightmare when it comes to access and analysis. How to Simplify Medical Bills? Lets Explore the Survey Results!

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CrowdHealth Secures $6M for Community-Powered Alternative to Health Insurance

HIT Consultant

CrowdHealth plans to reinvest that funding back into the company—growing the CrowdHealth community and providing more tools for members that want to take charge of their healthcare and affordably break free from health insurance. Why It Matters.

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Blue Shield of California teams with Google Cloud for billing, payment AI

Healthcare It News

"This plan to provide clear, concise and correct medical billing information will lead to the creation of a national model to make all healthcare billing instantaneous and understandable, removing friction points for consumers and providers," said Gupta.