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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: Diabetes, FTI Consulting Inc., Marketing, Hospitals and Clinics, Johns Hopkins Hospital
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Powerball lottery grows to $270 million; Mega Millions at $154 million
No one matched all the numbers in the Powerball lottery Wednesday night so the jackpot for Saturday has grown to a 270 million annuity or $175.8 million cash value The Mega Millions lottery is not far behind. The jackpot for Friday's drawing is a $154...Tags: Powerball Lottery, Lotteries, Lifestyle and Leisure, Mega Millions Lottery
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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: Heart Attack, Lehigh Valley Hospital, Medical Procedures and Tests, Hospitals and Clinics, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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NDSU sheep-killing dogs' owner fined $1,000
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — The owner of two dogs that attacked a herd of research sheep in a North Dakota State University barn has been fined $1,000 after pleading guilty in Fargo municipal court to having dogs at large. The two huskies escaped from...Tags: Punishment, Fines
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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, Medical Procedures and Tests, John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Consumers, Pneumonia
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House strips new-policy increases, passes Citizens reforms
Lawmakers in the Florida House on Tuesday passed a bill to overhaul Citizens Property Insurance Corp., but with one big difference from their Senate counterparts. They want no massive increases in new policyholder rates. While both chambers back the...Tags: Altamonte Springs, Politics, Broward County, Rick Scott, Palm Beach County
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Lawmakers cut a deal on Citizens reforms
Sen. David Simmons said Wednesday he has cut a deal with the House to pass a Citizens Property Insurance Corp. reform bill that will mirror the House's less aggressive version in exchange for revisiting the problems with "wind-only" policy rates next...Tags: Altamonte Springs, Executive Branch, Politics, Government, Citizens Property Insurance Corp.
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Senate sends Citizens' bill to the governor
TALLAHASSEE --The Florida Senate sent a watered down version of its Citizens Property Insurance overhaul to Gov. Rick Scott Thursday that will attempt to shift policies to the private market. Lawmakers have been battling for more than two months how...Tags: Executive Branch, Government, Politics, Rick Scott, Florida Legislature
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House killing Democratic bills, but not those for special-interests
Tallahassee Bureau ChiefTALLAHASSEE -- A showdown over expanding health-care to more than 1 million Floridians slowed the Legislature to a crawl for a second day Wednesday, with the fate of an elections reform, a sick-time fight, sports stadium tax breaks and other bills hanging...Tags: Elections, Politics, Orange County (Florida), Rick Scott, Buddy Dyer
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California deems UnitedHealth rate hikes unreasonable
California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones said the nation's largest health insurer, UnitedHealth Group Inc., is imposing unreasonable rate hikes on about 5,000 small businesses. Jones said Wednesday that UnitedHealth couldn't justify the average...Tags: Small Businesses, Business
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6 insurers offer 165 health plans for Illinois exchange review
Six insurance carriers submitted 165 health insurance plans to be offered on the Illinois Health Insurance Marketplace, the online exchange where individuals and small businesses in October can begin buying coverage for 2014, state officials said...
Tags: Pat Quinn, Health Insurance, Prescription Drugs, Humana Incorporated, Aetna Inc.
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Simmons cuts a deal on Citizens Property Insurance reform
Tallahassee Bureau ChiefTALLAHASSEE -- Sen. David Simmons said he's cut deal with the House to pass a slimmed down Citizens Property Insurance bill that will mirror the House's less aggressive version -- in exchange for revisiting next year the problems with "wind-only" policies...Tags: Altamonte Springs, Politics, Citizens Property Insurance Corp., David Simmons
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