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Health care costs rose faster than inflation despite weak economy - msnbc.com

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Health care costs rose faster than inflation despite weak economy msnbc.com Prices rose at least five times faster than overall inflation for emergency room visits, outpatient surgery and facility-based mental health and substance abuse care from 2009 to 2010, says the report by the Health Care Cost Institute, a nonpartisan ... What could revolutionize health care? This database.Washington Post (blog) Prices Spike, Propel Healthcare Spending During Great RecessionInsideARM Healthcare Business News Rising prices drove higher spending among ...ModernHealthcare.com Medical Xpress all 89 news articles »

Seven in 10 Americans Oppose Health Plan Efforts to Deny Payments for ER ... - MarketWatch (press release)

Seven in 10 Americans Oppose Health Plan Efforts to Deny Payments for ER ... MarketWatch (press release) WASHINGTON, May 21, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Seventy percent of Americans oppose efforts by insurance companies to deny payment for emergency visits when patients believe they are having medical emergencies, but after examination are diagnosed ... Poll: Patients want ER visits paidUPI.com all 19 news articles »

PIP reform loophole cited - MiamiHerald.com

PIP reform loophole cited MiamiHerald.com The Agency for Health Care Administration issued a memo on May 8 that was intended to reassure medical providers that the law doesn't create any lapses in coverage that could affect payment. Insurers say that even if there is a technical glitch in the ... and more »

Emergency-room visits could cost more - KTAR.com

Emergency-room visits could cost more KTAR.com by Taylor Summers/KTAR (May 21st, 2012 @ 6:28am) PHOENIX -- Medical-insurance companies, such as Blue Cross/Blue Shield, could start charging more for your emergency-room visit if you go there for something that doesn't qualify as an emergency. and more »

Hospital Debt Collection A Symptom Of A Sick Health Care System - Huffington Post

Hospital Debt Collection A Symptom Of A Sick Health Care System Huffington Post Bruce Folken, pictured with his wife Deb, says a hospital employee asked for money while he was ill in an emergency room bed. Aggressive debt collection stems from larger failings of the US health care system. No one at the hospital ever said Bruce ...

Cost of children's health care hitting families harder - CNN

Cost of children's health care hitting families harder CNN Their children are covered under his insurance, but the coverage doesn't include everything Sean needs to be healthy -- they could end up paying $50000 or more this year alone, depending on what their insurance ends up covering. and more »

BEACON HILL ROLL CALL: Valor Act unanimously approved - Taunton Daily Gazette

BEACON HILL ROLL CALL: Valor Act unanimously approved Taunton Daily Gazette If the study revealed that costs would be lower, the Institute would draft a plan for single-payer health care and submit it to the Legislature for consideration. Single-payer health care coverage is a single, publicly-financed insurance plan that ... and more »

What's Cure for My Whopping Medical Bill? - Fox Business

What's Cure for My Whopping Medical Bill? Fox Business By Steve Bucci I was operated on in an emergency room in 2010 for a burst appendix. I was shopping for insurance at the same unfortunate time and had no insurance when I had the operation. The hospital promptly racked up a bill of $44000 and sent it to ...

Nearly 62000 'uninsurable' patients could lose coverage if the health care law ... - Washington Post

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Nearly 62000 'uninsurable' patients could lose coverage if the health care law ... Washington Post WASHINGTON — Cancer patient Kathy Watson voted Republican in 2008 and believes the government has no right telling Americans to get health insurance. Nonetheless, she says she'd be dead if it weren't for President Barack Obama's health care law. Supreme Court Health Care Ruling Could Mean Life Or Death For Some 'Uninsurables'Huffington Post all 48 news articles »