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Hospital charges vary widely for same procedures
The Dayton Daily NewsNew government data showing the amounts U.S. hospitals' charge Medicare for certain procedures confirm what consumer groups have suspected for years: hospitals, even in the same or nearby communities, can charge wildly different amounts for the same...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Health Insurance, Medicaid, Insurance, Miami University
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A bad case of Obamascare
The latest crack in Obamacare opened last week when Politico reported that leaders in Congress were negotiating how to exempt themselves and thousands of their staffers from a major provision of the new law. Politico said leaders held "high-level,...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Health and Safety at Work, Crime, Law and Justice, Politics, Judges
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Illinois hospital prices vary widely, Medicare data show
Tribune staff reportHospitals in Illinois charged vastly different amounts of money for the same procedure -- with some charging seven or eight times more than another -- according to data released by the government Wednesday. The discrepancies are detailed in a report from...Tags: University of Chicago, Medical Procedures and Tests, Health Insurance, Rush University Medical Center, Pneumonia
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Hospital charges vary widely across region, nation
Making hospital charges more transparent, the federal government this week released data showing what medical centers across the country charge for treating 100 of the most common reasons patients get admitted. The charges vary dramatically —...
Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Health Insurance, Insurance, Health Insurance Cost, COPD
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Monday last day for morning-after pill appeal
Tulsa WorldThe government is running out of time to try to halt implementation of a federal judge's ruling that would lift age restrictions for women and girls wanting to buy the morning-after pill. U.S. District Judge Edward Korman in Brooklyn last week refused...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Department of Justice, Plan B (drug), Health Treatments, Judges
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Kansas hospitals' prices vary significantly along with nation's, information shows
The Wichita EagleNewly released government figures of wildly varied hospital charges further illustrate a complicated and confusing health care system. For example, costs related to joint replacement ranged from $5,300 at a hospital in Ada, Okla., to $223,000 at a...Tags: Finance, Medical Procedures and Tests, Health Insurance, Medicaid, Heart Failure
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Area hospitals vary significantly in what they charge to treat medical conditions
The Times-Tribune, Scranton, Pa.They are just a few blocks from one another, but the three Scranton hospitals vary significantly in what they charge patients for the same treatment -- in some cases, by as much as 88 percent. Meanwhile, two Wilkes-Barre hospitals about five miles apart...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Health Insurance, Insurance, Scranton, Medicare
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State Health Centers Eligible For $1.5 Million To Help Enroll Uninsured
The Hartford CourantMore than $1.5 million in federal funds could help community health centers in Connecticut enroll the uninsured in affordable health insurance coverage, according to an announcement today. The funds are part of $150 million nationwide that will help...Tags: Waterbury, Middletown, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Torrington, Health Insurance
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High hospital bills go public, but will it help?
WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time, the government is publicly revealing how much hospitals charge, and the differences are astounding: Some bill tens of thousands of dollars more than others for the same treatment, even within the same city....
Tags: Antitrust Issues, Medical Procedures and Tests, Insurance, Bethesda (Montgomery, Maryland), American Hospital Association
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Same procedure, wide price gap at 2 Roanoke Valley hospitals
The Roanoke Times, Va.Charges for the same medical procedures can vary by thousands of dollars at hospitals across the country -- and at the two cross-town rivals in the Roanoke Valley, according to data released Wednesday by the federal government. At LewisGale Medical...Tags: Human Interest, Antitrust Issues, Medical Procedures and Tests, Health Insurance, Consumers
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Florida prepares for massive insurance signup
WASHINGTON – Facing the next big health-care challenge in Florida, Uncle Sam plans to enlist hundreds of consumer "navigators" over the next several months to help enroll up to 3.5 million uninsured state residents by January, when everyone is...
Tags: Health and Safety at Work, Crime, Law and Justice, Labor Legislation, Health Insurance, Laws
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Science, sex and birth control
Democrats claim we have one party that upholds science and one that rejects it. When it comes to climate change, presidential polling, stem cells, evolution and other topics, we are told, Republicans have no use for actual experts. They'd rather listen to...
Tags: Michele Bachmann, HPV Vaccine, Crime, Law and Justice, Science and Technology, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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