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A Progress Check on Hospital Price Transparency Hospitals are facing mixed reviews regarding their efforts to comply with a federal requirement that they post information about prices related to nearly every health care service they provide. khnkit Kaiser Health News

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“As hospitals continue to post incomplete files with swaths of missing prices, patients are unable to accurately compare prices across hospitals and across plans to make the best health care decisions and protect themselves from overcharges,” Fisher said. Such hospitals were considered noncompliant in the PRA analysis.

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What you need to know about the Marburg virus | CNN There are two outbreaks of the Marburg virus across Africa. Our medical analyst explains what's known about this virus. Katia Hetter CNN

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cricpa.com - Contributors Georgina Perry / Bryan Hall - MAR 2, 2023

On January 30, 2023, it was announced that the current Administration intends to end the public health emergency (PHE) declaration related to the Covid-19 pandemic on May 11, 2023. The PHE allowed flexibility during the emergency declaration and special healthcare provisions, including Covid-19 testing, treatments and vaccines, telehealth, Medicaid, Medicare, Hospitals, Long-Term Care facilities and private insurance coverage and liability immunity to administer medical countermeasures. While some of these provisions will end on May 11th, others are set to end at various times over the next two years, and some will not be affected at all.

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Some long Covid patients face big medical bills and denied insurance claims. How to navigate coverage. Millions in the U.S. are out of work because of severe long Covid symptoms, and many are struggling to pay their medical bills. Here's how to navigate insurance coverage. NBC News

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Experts say insurance companies will often deny claims for care related to long Covid because they don't see it as a “medical necessity.”

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