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Instead of health insurance, the Rev. Jeff King had signed up for an alternative that left members of the plan to share the costs of health care. That meant lower premiums, but a huge hospital bill.

Neither state tells health care providers how long they must wait before suing patients. Researchers say consumers need clarity on that and other points.

Employers could use the information to compare what they shell out for health care to what others get billed for the same services at the same hospitals.

This year is emphasizing how difficult it can be for people to reconcile finances with necessary healthcare.

A doctor shares patients' stories of how their financial well-being affects their health decisions, and a fact-check of Season 4 of the popular crime drama set in 1950's Kansas City.

TOPEKA, Kansas — A flurry of proposals in the Kansas Statehouse this session take aim at rising medical costs, including one that may be the state’s first…

KANSAS CITY, Missouri — Chris Costantini lay in a cold sweat, his shoulder dislocated after slipping on a porch in Kansas City, Kansas.He’d been out…

Segment 1: Even though debtors prisons were outlawed in 1983, the threat of jail is being used to pursue unpaid medical bills.Debt collectors in many…

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The leaders of Pathway Church on the outskirts of Wichita, Kan., had no clue that the $22,000 they already had on hand for Easter would have such…

Segment 1: A developing program in Missouri would help foster youth find gainful employment.Youth in the foster care program who are not placed with a…

President Trump said that taming unexpected medical bills would be a top priority for his administration. The sentiment found support from many in Congress.