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Increasingly, patients are caught in the middle as insurer breakups with health providers become more frequent.

In the privately insured, average monthly out-of-pocket costs for new cancer patients increased by nearly $600 in the 6 months after a diagnosis compared with those without a cancer diagnosis.

This spring, a team of NBC News reporters began digging into complex insurance systems — including health care, homeowners’ ...

We recently sat down with Rachel Roth-McKnight at her home in St. Pete. Rachel smiled as she tussled her new curls. “I’ve got these chemo curls now,” she said with a laugh. “The last time, I had no ...

A Florida doctor who treats blood cancers writes that, too often, his patients’ care is determined by health insurers’ profit ...

Finding the right physician is an important decision. Patients weigh recommendations from family and friends, convenience, location, experience and insurance. For patients with a cancer diagnosis, ...

Megan Cerullo is a New York-based reporter for CBS MoneyWatch covering small business, workplace, health care, consumer spending and personal finance topics. She regularly appears on CBS News 24/7 to ...

“What would have happened if he had had that surgery? Would he have lived?” Angela Pike said still struggling to adapt to life without her husband Tracy. Angela Pike’s husband, Tracy, had just ...

Marissa Russo is a former STAT intern supported by the AAAS Mass Media Science & Engineering Fellowship. As a cancer patient, access to innovative drugs can help extend your life — that is if you have ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A cancer patient is sounding the alarm about insurance company business dealings that she said put her life and thousands of others at risk. In September, 8 On Your Side was ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Nobody is ever ready to hear the words "you have cancer." For Nancy Hutson, she says knowing her family history of breast cancer, she made sure she remained vigilant about ...