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Hospital charges vary widely across Lehigh Valley region, country
It's only about 33 miles from Gnaden Huetten Memorial Hospital in Lehighton to Lehigh Valley Hospital's Muhlenberg campus in Bethlehem, but the distance between what the two facilities charge to treat a complicated heart attack case is far greater....
Tags: Insurance, Hospitals and Clinics, Kathleen Sebelius, Lehigh Valley Hospital, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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Hospital fees vary for same treatment, U.S. data show
Centegra Hospital in McHenry charged $36,000 for implanting a permanent pacemaker. Less than 30 miles away, Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan charged more than $165,000 for the same procedure. To treat a case of simple pneumonia, meanwhile, John H....
Tags: Cardiologists, Pneumonia, Insurance, Asthma, Health Insurance Cost
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Hospitals' Prices Vary Widely For Same Procedures
The Hartford CourantThe price of major joint-replacement surgery, without serious complications, is nearly three times more at Greenwich Hospital than at Charlotte Hungerford Hospital in Torrington. It's $72,393 in Greenwich and $23,063 in Torrington, on average. At...Tags: Apples, Health Insurance Cost, Insurance, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Urinary Tract Infection
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Some hospitals can't afford liability coverage
Virtually all hospitals in Illinois maintain liability insurance coverage to protect them in the event of a patient injury. There are some hospitals, however, that do not maintain liability coverage. I submit that this is not a choice, but a necessity....Tags: Insurance, Prices, Hospitals and Clinics
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Child's play over the budget
WASHINGTON -- The budget feud on Capitol Hill is looking like those Vietnam War peace talks when negotiators bickered over the shape of the table. House Republicans, after howling for years about Senate Democrats' failure to pass a budget, are...
Tags: Paul Ryan, Allergies, Rob Portman, Gene Sperling, Ted Cruz
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Medicare charges vary widely at California hospitals, new data show
Federal officials are shedding new light on how much hospital bills vary across Southern California and the rest of the country. Medicare released pricing information Wednesday for more than 3,300 U.S. hospitals on the top 100 procedures and...
Tags: St. John's Health Center, Pneumonia, Hospitals and Clinics, St. Joseph Medical Center, Healthcare Policies
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The wrong way for Washington to avoid defaulting
It's rare that the president explicitly pledges to veto a bill -- usually, the White House says the president's advisors would "recommend" a veto -- but that's what happened Tuesday. The measure in question is HR 807, the Full Faith and Credit Act, by...
Tags: Elections, Republican Party, George W. Bush, Finance, Public Finance
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Reassess school funding
The Tribune’s recent article on “poverty grants” to local school districts raises some important issues about education funding in Illinois (“Illinois’ method for measuring student poverty raises count statewide,” News,...Tags: U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Health Insurance, Budgets and Budgeting, Social Issues, Medicaid
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Health Activist Report: Big Pharma CEO's Made $1.6 Billion
The CEOs at 11 large pharmaceutical companies have made a staggering $1.57 billion over the last decade as their companies have gouged the public, a policy group charges, in a release aimed at fomenting anger at the companies. Health Care for America...Tags: Corporate Officers, Pharmaceuticals, Chemical Industry, National Government, Government
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Medicare needs overhaul, not just tinkering, to stay viable
As the primary health insurance program for adults ages 65 and over and non-elderly people with permanent disabilities, Medicare is important to many Americans. More than 3.2 million Floridians are covered under the program. However, unfavorable...Tags: U.S. Congress, Health Insurance Cost, Insurance, Arizona State University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Area hospitals show little progress in safety scores
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center improved slightly from an F to a D in a national hospital safety report released Wednesday, while Cedars-Sinai Medical Center stayed at a C grade. The Leapfrog Group, a nonprofit healthcare quality organization,...
Tags: Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, Hospitals and Clinics, AEG, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
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Passive resistance won't kill Obamacare
The Kansas City StarObamacare haters first looked to the U.S. Supreme Court to kill health care reform. When that didn't work, they fixed their hopes on Mitt Romney's election and a Republican takeover of the U.S. Senate. Foiled again. Opponents in Washington and state...Tags: Justice System, Elections, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform (2009), Consumers
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