Health Costs: Bill of the Month, ACA, dental care, prepaying for childbirth, Canadian drug imports, Medicare, Medicaid expansion, Dr. Oz, letters to the editor, and more
A monthly round-up of KFF Health News' original coverage on health care coverage and costs. Not a subscriber? Sign Up Wednesday, November 27, 2024 Visit KFF Health News for the latest headlines Health Care Costs BILL OF THE MONTH A Toddler Got a Nasal Swab Test but Left Before Seeing a Doctor. The Bill was $445. ( RON JOHNSON FOR KFF HEALTH NEWS ) By Bram Sable-Smith Ryan Wettstein Nauman was inconsolable one evening last December. After being put down for bed, the 3-year-old from Peoria, Illinois, just kept crying and crying and crying, and nothing would calm her down. Her mother, Maggi Wettstein, remembered fearing it could be a yeast or urinary tract infe...
