It didn’t take long for the shock to set in when Chicago’s Westlake Hospital announced its impending closure. The hospital, which serves predominantly low-income communities in Melrose Park and Maywood, first signaled its intent to close in the spring; by fall, it had filed for bankruptcy, citing crushing financial circumstances. When news of the closure [...]
At the close of July, the Trump administration proposed new policies that would create greater price transparency among healthcare providers. The driving idea behind the new proposal is that patients will be better able to shop around for care and choose options that fit within their budgetary limits instead of seeking care from the nearest [...]
Walmart isn't the first place patients tend to go after spraining their ankle or coming down with a bout of the flu — but in future years, seeing a doctor, filling a prescription, and picking up a few get-well odds and ends in a single trip to the store might just become the norm. This [...]