States struggle to help patients navigate insurance hurdle known as 'step therapy'
Insurers often refuse to cover a specific drug until after the patient has tried cheaper alternatives.
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Insurers often refuse to cover a specific drug until after the patient has tried cheaper alternatives.
A new online form will make it easier to complain about hospitals that may violate the law guaranteeing a patient be stabilized in an emergency room regardless of their income.
A new online form will make it easier to complain about hospitals that may violate the law guaranteeing a patient be stabilized in an emergency room regardless of their income.
The federal law is called the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act, and it requires doctors to stabilize or treat any patient who shows up at an emergency room.
The Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday in a case that could determine whether doctors can provide abortions to pregnant women with medical emergencies in states that enact abortion bans.