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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: New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Health Insurance, Middletown
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Want to compare hospital costs in South Florida? Here's how:
Miami HeraldThe price tag for a hip or knee replacement at Baptist Health's Doctors Hospital in Coral Gables is bound to cause sticker shock: $208,602, the highest charge for such a procedure at any South Florida medical facility. A little farther north, the quoted...Tags: Prices, Consumers, Pneumonia, Fort Lauderdale, South Florida Hospital and Healthcare 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: Antitrust Issues, Health Insurance, Medical Procedures and Tests, Consumers, Medicare
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Obama's health secretary seeks donations from companies for healthcare law
Reuters* Sebelius has been asking companies for help since March * Administration says solicitations authorized by law * Republican senator says he will look for violations By David Morgan WASHINGTON, May 11 (Reuters) - U.S. Health and Human Services...Tags: Healthcare Laws, Justice System, Finance, U.S. Congress, The Washington Post
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Medicare payments records show hospital costs vary widely
St. Paul Pioneer PressWhen Medicare beneficiaries undergo joint replacement procedures, the pricetag can vary dramatically depending on where the patients go. At one medical center in Minneapolis, the average Medicare payment for a joint replacement during 2011 was $45,212...Tags: Health Insurance, Consumers, Medical Procedures and Tests, Medicare, Hospitals and Clinics
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Hospital rates vary for same procedures
Winston-Salem Journal, N.C.The cost of most common inpatient health-care procedures is higher -- in many instances significantly -- at academic medical centers than at traditional hospitals, according to Medicare data made available for the first time Wednesday. The difference in...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Health Insurance, Prices, Consumers, Medicaid
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U.S. releases varied prices paid to hospitals
The News TribuneThe actual cost of hospital care became a lot clearer for consumers Wednesday when the Obama administration released the average prices charged by more than 3,000 U.S. hospitals for the 100 most common medical procedures. The 2011 data, which show...Tags: Health Insurance, Consumers, Medicaid, Pneumonia, Respiratory Disease
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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: Princeton University, Medical Procedures and Tests, Medicare, Hospitals and Clinics, 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: Health Insurance, Loyola University Chicago, Prices, Asthma, Consumers
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Hospital charges vary widely
Orange County RegisterIn most sectors of the economy, market competition deters sellers from jacking up their prices too far above what others are charging. And the price tag is almost always visible. Not so in health care. Federal data from Medicare, released Wednesday...Tags: Health Insurance, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Consumers, Pneumonia, Poverty
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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: Health Care Reform (2009), Consumers, Barack Obama, Pneumonia, Medicare
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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: Health Insurance, Consumers, Medicaid, Apples, Hospitals and Clinics
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