What do you do when you disagree with or can’t afford a medical bill?

Many Americans^[1] struggle to^[2] pay medical bills, avoid care^[3] because of cost worries or forgo other needs^[4] due to health care cost burdens.

It can be hard to understand^[5] what you’re being charged for on a medical bill. I’m a health policy and economics researcher^[6] who studies insurance and out-of-pocket health care expenses, and even I...

Life coach, wellness coach, business coach, weight loss coach, breakup coach – the list goes on and on. All are different titles for similar jobs, with the same limitation: Anyone can claim to be an expert.

Health “coaching” alone is a US$7.6 billion market^[1] in the United States, linked to the wellness and lifestyle medicine industries^[2], as well as social media influencer culture. With ongoing shortages of physicians...