Author

Jenny Gold

Gold is a Senior Correspondent for Kaiser Health News and reports regularly for NPR's Morning Edition and All Things Considered and for KHN’s print partners, including USA Today, the Washington Post, McClatchy and MSNBC. In addition, she is a frequent guest on CSPAN, NPR's On Point and The Diane Rehm Show.

Business

Now They Owe $0 — Half-Million-Dollar Dialysis Bill Canceled; Company Will Waive Unpaid Bill, Treat…

Jenny Gold Jul 26, 2019

After reporting by KHN, NPR and CBS, Fresenius has agreed to waive Sovereign Valentine's huge bill for out-of-network dialysis care. Photo credit: Tommy Martino for KHN. PHILADELPHIA, PA – Fresenius, one of the two largest dialysis…

Health

Man With Kidney Failure Receives “Out-of-Network” Medical Bill For $540k

Jenny Gold Jul 25, 2019

Sovereign Valentine and his wife, Jessica, wait for a dialysis machine to filter his blood. Before finding a dialysis clinic in their insurance network, the Valentines were charged more than half a million dollars for 14 weeks of the…