Health Care Costs

Administrative burdens — like haggling with insurers over payments — cut into the already low reimbursement rates Medicaid provides doctors for services. This can disincentivize doctors from accepting Medicaid, according to a new working paper from the University of Chicago.

A law that passed unanimously a couple of years ago that would allow patients to find out the costs of medical procedures hasn’t been implemented yet. And…

The Ohio Department of Corrections has cut health care costs by millions during the past decade. Part of the savings comes from a change to inmate…