Blog Posts By:

Patricia Kelmar,
Director, Health Care Campaigns

UPDATE: New consumer tips released to help Americans to erase paid medical debt from credit reports.

6/30/2022

How to make sure your credit reports don’t include paid medical debt

6/28/2022

Medical debt, even when it is paid off, remained on credit reports for up to seven years. That's about to change. Here's how to make sure paid medical debt doesn't lower your credit score.

UPDATE: Calling for greater transparency of cost of drug trials to challenge claims by drug companies

6/22/2022

UPDATE: Consumer groups, health experts call for better oversight for certain approved medications

6/7/2022

UPDATE: Federal Trade Commission urged to investigate pharmacy benefit managers to uncover anticompetitive practices which raise drug prices for consumers

6/1/2022

Strong rules are key to success of the No Surprises Act

5/26/2022

Consumer and health advocates urge final rules that offer full patient protections

UPDATE: New report shows success of No Surprises Act: patient protections against unfair medical bills

5/26/2022

UPDATE: Why the federal government is proposing to keep hospital patient safety data secret, and why consumers are pushing back.

5/24/2022

UPDATE: Vitamins, Minerals, and Herbal supplements…OH MY!

5/18/2022

UPDATE: World Health Assembly considers making clinical trial costs transparent - and it should start with the U.S.

5/18/2022

Blog Posts By:

Patricia Kelmar, Director, Health Care Campaigns

Patricia Kelmar,
Director, Health Care Campaigns