What The Health

From the N.C. State Treasurer’s office, we’re here to give those that teach, protect, and serve a voice in health care.

[David Hodges @hodgesreporting]

Read the full story and report here. A bipartisan group of state leaders are calling on hospitals do a better job on medical debt. https://t.co/i0X9KuCOEC

[David Hodges @hodgesreporting]

NEW: A report released today from @NCTreasurer finds patients who should be getting charity from non-profit hospitals instead have been billed millions of dollars. https://t.co/pKow1gqfa1

[SEANC @SEANC]

SEANC is proud to stand with @NCTreasurer and a bipartisan group of lawmakers today as they release a new report on medical debt. Watch the press conference live here: https://t.co/C1r4rtqLam

[NC Department of State Treasurer @NCTreasurer]

Treasurer @DaleFolwell clarifies this is NOT about the people who PRACTICE healthcare. It's about the executives who run the large non-profit hospitals.

[NC Department of State Treasurer @NCTreasurer]

The NC State Health Plan and the National Academy of State Health Policy discover that some nonprofit hospitals billed nearly $150 million to disadvantaged patients instead of providing them charity care.
MORE: https://t.co/XsbwDOdEvm
LIVESTREAM @ 11: https://t.co/oRwMCSWWZv

[What The Health @WhatTheHealthNC]

"Workers in most states spend over 10% of wages on health coverage."
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[What The Health @WhatTheHealthNC]

"The law will eliminate the risk that an out-of-network doctor or hospital will send an extra bill. Currently, those bills add up to billions in costs for consumers each year."
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[What The Health @WhatTheHealthNC]

"Gwendolyn Peters, 67, said she was shocked to receive a court summons this summer. Commonwealth was suing her for $1,000 for anesthesia during a lumpectomy for breast cancer in 2019."

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[What The Health @WhatTheHealthNC]

"Health care costs top the list of expenses that people report difficulty affording."
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[What The Health @WhatTheHealthNC]

"It’s not clear that patients or employers are getting what they pay for."
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[What The Health @WhatTheHealthNC]

"Almost one-third of Americans skipped necessary medical care in the past three months because they could not afford it."
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[What The Health @WhatTheHealthNC]

"There’s really no enforcement, with very little motivation to change things."

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[What The Health @WhatTheHealthNC]

"Hospitals in Wisconsin have sued patients over medical debt at a rate that amounts to one out of every 1,000 residents a year, especially people in low-income areas and who are Black, a new study found."
https://t.co/35bYeIiuOt

[What The Health @WhatTheHealthNC]

"Coronavirus testing costs are supposed to be covered 100% by insurance companies, but she has been hearing of some providers tacking on certain fees, sometimes called 'facility fees' or 'emergency room fees.'"
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[What The Health @WhatTheHealthNC]

"Roughly two-thirds of U.S. hospitals have not published commercial negotiated prices for at least one of the 13 radiology services designated as a common shoppable service."
https://t.co/ocflu81YWv

[What The Health @WhatTheHealthNC]

“The real just unknown here is what do prices look like for the half of hospitals that aren’t reporting?”
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[What The Health @WhatTheHealthNC]

“I don’t think when someone is overcharging, that it’s going to hurt the overcharger to now have to [accept] a fair price."
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[What The Health @WhatTheHealthNC]

"Only about half of the $7.3 billion St. Jude has received in contributions in the past five fiscal years went to the hospital’s research and caring for patients...About 30% covered the cost of its fundraising operations."

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[The Leapfrog Group @LeapfrogGroup]

The fall 2021 Leapfrog #HospitalSafetyGrade is out now! Virginia ranked number one with over half of their graded hospitals earning an "A."

Check out this fall's state rankings: https://t.co/S3bNcdXKX5

[What The Health @WhatTheHealthNC]

"35% of those with outstanding medical bills said those bills deterred them from seeking healthcare in the past 12 months."
https://t.co/NBz7WE9aQm