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Hospitals
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Under 1959 law, hospitals claim right to bill county for charity care
David Gulliver of Sarasota Health News found an almost-surreal local story that demonstrates just how desperate some recession-bitten hospitals have…
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Bioethicist: Health workers must get H1N1 vaccine
On MSNBC.com, University of Pennsylvania bioethics professor Arthur Caplan takes a tough stand on flu vaccines for health professionals, imploring…
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WSJ looks at effects of Penn. outcomes database
The Wall Street Journal‘s Thomas Burton has taken a look at the effects of one state’s commitment to publishing hospital…
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How hysterectomies spurred Dartmouth Atlas’ birth
In the first of a three-part series on health care costs in America, NPR’s Alix Spiegel tells the story of…
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Why aren’t some on dialysis referred for transplants?
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reporters Andrew Conte and Luis Fabregas have released the results of an extensive investigation into kidney transplant and…
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Evaluation of nonprofits’ charity care continues
If you’re keeping a list of issues that have been rejuvenated through inclusion in the Baucus bill, you can safely…
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Hospital claims reform causing financial woes
Sean Kelly of WCVB-Boston reports that, despite suing the state on the grounds that financial difficulties caused by Massachusetts Health…
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Baucus plan takes on ‘secret pricing’
The Associated Press’ Carla K. Johnson reports that a provision of Sen. Max Baucus’ Health Policy plan has brought attention…
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What really happened at Memorial after Katrina?
In a story that is being co-published by The New York Times Magazine and ProPublica, Sheri Fink, M.D., painstakingly reconstructed…
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Hospital space a victim of H1N1 in New Zealand
In what could be a preview of things to come in the Northern Hemisphere, Bloomberg’s Jason Gale writes that, while…