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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: Rush University Medical Center, Medical Procedures and Tests, Medicare, University of Chicago, Aurora
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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, Medicare, Insurance, Health Insurance Cost, Government Health Care
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Latest Michigan news, sports, business and entertainment
SPRING FLOODING-MICHIGAN Officials plan Mich. flooding damage assessments GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Officials are conducting preliminary damage assessments in parts of West Michigan that were among areas hit hard by recent flooding. The state...Tags: Health (music group), Government Health Care, Personal Weapon Control, Floods, Entertainment
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Obama administration moves to get more enrolled in health insurance
WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration announced Thursday that it would provide millions of dollars to community health centers to help them enroll Americans in health insurance programs next year under the president’s health law. The move comes...
Tags: Washington, DC, Health Insurance, Judges, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Justice System
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Michigan health centers get $3.8M to boost staff
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan's community health centers can receive about $3.8 million from the federal government to help uninsured Americans enroll in health insurance coverage under the Federal Affordable Health Care Act. The U.S. Health and... -
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: Windham (Windham, Connecticut), Insurance, Waterbury, Norwalk (Fairfield, Connecticut), Torrington
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Hospital rates vary significantly, Medicare data show
Johns Hopkins Hospital charged $13,667 on average to treat one admission of a Medicare patient with diabetes in 2011, while a couple of miles away Mercy Medical Center billed an average of $8,425. The University of Maryland Medical Center charged $9,045...
Tags: Medicare, Insurance, University of Maryland Medical Center, Government Health Care, Johns Hopkins Hospital
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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: Medical Procedures and Tests, Medicare, Insurance, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Government Health Care
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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: Loyola University Health System, Government, Medical Procedures and Tests, Medicare, Insurance
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U.S. makes data available on wide disparity in hospital charges
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 8 (Reuters) - U.S. hospital charges for the same procedure vary widely, in some cases by tens of thousands of dollars, even within a particular town or city, according to data the U.S. government released on Wednesday to boost consumer...Tags: Medicare, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Insurance Cost, Consumers, Government Health Care
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Obamacare is on the horizon, but will enough people sign up?
Reuters* Democrats worry as fall enrollment period draws near * Potential repercussions for Congress, Obama presidency * Frustration over lack of details on public outreach By David Morgan WASHINGTON, May 5 (Reuters) - Healthcare reform should be the...Tags: Ron Wyden, Government Health Care, Politics, Democratic Party, Family
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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, Barack Obama, Judges, Health and Safety at Work, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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