Lauren Weber

When health bills aren't legible — via large-print, Braille or other adaptive technology — blind patients can't know what they...

Even after their babies died, hospital bills kept coming. These parents of fragile, very sick infants faced exorbitant bills —...

Same building. Same procedure. Same doctor. But there was an extra "facility fee" because the location changed slightly. A shot...

As more and more people filter back to the workplace, many face a tiny space that can create a large...

About half of U.S. rural hospitals operate in the red on a good day. Now facing a pandemic, hospital CEOs...

Groupon and other deal sites are the latest marketing tactic in medicine, offering bargain prices. But critics say pursuing such...

A federal audit and a whistleblower lawsuit allege that Medicare Advantage plans from the St. Louis-based Essence Group Holdings Corp....

The federal government wants to deploy several new tools for catching insurers that have overcharged Medicare $30 billion in the...

Nitrous oxide is making a comeback for pain relief during childbirth. But charges for the option vary from free at...

An excerpt from journalist Lauren Weber's book In Cheap We Trust.