Aria Bendix

Aria Bendix is a health reporter with NBC News. She covers a variety of health-related topics, with an emphasis on public health issues such as disease, vaccine approvals, mental health and abortion. She was previously a senior health and science reporter at Business Insider and, before that, an assistant editor at The Atlantic. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Harvard University and a master of fine arts degree from The New School.

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A reporter’s exploration of medical debt from childbirth leads to three stories — and three key takeaways

There’s value in illustrating the full picture to readers, even if they’ve seen or heard snippets of a story before.

Women's and Maternal Health

2 people sitting together, one with a child in their lap

Children & Families

Faith-based cost-sharing seemed like an alternative to health insurance, until the childbirth bills arrived

Health care sharing ministries advertise reimbursements for members’ medical bills. But they are largely unregulated, and most have restrictions on maternity coverage.

Healthcare Regulation and Reform

Children & Families

Healthcare Systems & Policy

They're middle class and insured. Childbirth still left them with crippling debt.

Some families with private insurance have been left behind by the major health care reforms of the last few years, putting them at risk of high medical bills after having babies.

Health Insurance and Costs

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Aria Bendix

Articles

A reporter’s exploration of medical debt from childbirth leads to three stories — and three key takeaways

Faith-based cost-sharing seemed like an alternative to health insurance, until the childbirth bills arrived

They're middle class and insured. Childbirth still left them with crippling debt.