Surprise

Hospitals and doctors, who tend to benefit from the current system, struggled to defeat solutions that would lower their pay. Insurance companies and large insurance groups, on the other hand, wanted a stronger way to negotiate lower…

Federal regulations say that if Americans get a coronavirus vaccine, they shouldn't have to pay anything out of their own pocket.Congress passed law this spring banning insurers from applying cost-sharing such as a co-payment or deductible.…

When boxes of Pfizer vaccines began arriving across the country this week, hospital pharmacists made a surprising discovery: some of the glass vials that are said to hold five doses contained enough for a sixth or even a seventh person.The…