Articles tagged as: health care costs
March 31, 2020
Indiana Farm Bureau's Health Care Bill Signed Into Law; Expected To Roll Out Later This Year
Indiana Farm Bureau members will have another health care option available to them for next year. Indiana joins a growing list of states with farm bureaus to offer health benefit plans.
Read MoreMarch 3, 2020
House Passes Health Care Transparency Database Bill
House lawmakers moved forward with a bill Tuesday aimed at increasing the transparency of health care costs in the state.
Read MoreMarch 3, 2020
House Passes Bill To Allow INFB To Create Health Plan
The legislative push comes at a time when Indiana farmers say profit margins are tight and health care costs are challenging.
Read MoreMarch 2, 2020
Senate Amends Bill That Would Threaten Off-Site Medical Facilities
The Indiana Senate Monday passed an amendment to prevent some medical facilities from seeing a reduction in reimbursements. The language came as an update to legislation on surprise billing.
Read MoreFebruary 26, 2020
All IN Conversation: Evansville Issues & Ales, Health Care Costs And Surprise Billing
Members of our Indiana 2020 Two-Way texting group told us they wanted to know more about health care costs, what's being done to address them, and why the system is the way it is.
Read MoreFebruary 12, 2020
In Your Words: Health Care Is Too Expensive And Confusing
We asked you, our listeners and readers, to share your concerns with health care costs. And the results are in.
Read MoreFebruary 10, 2020
Survey: Americans Agree Health Care System Needs Fixing
Americans are divided on lots of issues. But a new national survey finds that people across the political spectrum agree on at least one thing: Our health care system needs fixing.
Read MoreDecember 23, 2019
What Will It Take To Fix The U.S. Health Care System? A Surgeon Offers Solutions
A new book explores how the skyrocketing costs of health care are bankrupting peopleand highlights what patients can do to protect themselves.
Read MoreNovember 1, 2019
Committee Makes Recommendations To Address High Health Care Costs
Indiana lawmakers on an interim study committee on public health made a series of recommendations as they wrapped up their work this week. The issues could come up next legislative session.
Read MoreOctober 9, 2019
How This Rural Hospital Operates In The Red And Stays Open
The Big Fork, Minnesota municipal hospital is a chronic money-loser. But without it, local leaders fear the community's health would suffer and employers would melt away.
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