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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: John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Cardiologists, Health and Safety at School, Health Insurance Cost, Loyola University Health System
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Doctor shortage growing
South Bend TribuneDr. Kristin Huynh is on a path that far too few of the nation's young doctors are choosing these days. That is, she's planning to practice primary care instead of a specialty. "I liked seeing babies, kids, adults, and I essentially couldn't decide which...Tags: Health and Safety at School, U.S. Senate, Medicare, Health Insurance, Family
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Child's play over the budget
WASHINGTON -- The budget feud on Capitol Hill is looking like those Vietnam War peace talks when negotiators bickered over the shape of the table. House Republicans, after howling for years about Senate Democrats' failure to pass a budget, are...
Tags: Vietnam War (1955-1975), Christopher Van Hollen Jr., White House, U.S. Senate, Patty Murray
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Medicare charges vary widely at California hospitals, new data show
Federal officials are shedding new light on how much hospital bills vary across Southern California and the rest of the country. Medicare released pricing information Wednesday for more than 3,300 U.S. hospitals on the top 100 procedures and...
Tags: Healthcare Policies, St. Joseph Medical Center, Medical Procedures and Tests, St. John's Health Center, Medicare
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The wrong way for Washington to avoid defaulting
It's rare that the president explicitly pledges to veto a bill -- usually, the White House says the president's advisors would "recommend" a veto -- but that's what happened Tuesday. The measure in question is HR 807, the Full Faith and Credit Act, by...
Tags: Elections, White House, Medicare, George W. Bush, Politics
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Know your rights: Nursing Home Quality Reform Act created a Bill of Rights for those in long-term care
marieg@herald-mail.comFor most people, home means familiar faces, rooms filled with years of memories and a measure of control over one's life. But for many older adults, home is confined to four walls in an institutional setting, where you learn to navigate a wheelchair...Tags: Pharmaceuticals, Lawyers, Nursing, Justice System, Chemical Industry
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Medicare needs overhaul, not just tinkering, to stay viable
As the primary health insurance program for adults ages 65 and over and non-elderly people with permanent disabilities, Medicare is important to many Americans. More than 3.2 million Floridians are covered under the program. However, unfavorable...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Health Insurance Cost, Medicare, Arizona State University, Mayo Clinic
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Area hospitals show little progress in safety scores
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center improved slightly from an F to a D in a national hospital safety report released Wednesday, while Cedars-Sinai Medical Center stayed at a C grade. The Leapfrog Group, a nonprofit healthcare quality organization,...
Tags: Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, AEG, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Hospitals and Clinics
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Villages mom of developmentally disabled woman lauded by Gov. Rick Scott
In 2000, Betty Kay Clements' witnessed her daughter, Laura Lynne Clements, sink into psychiatric crisis. Laura Lynne Clements, a 51-year-old who has suffered from combined pituitary hormone deficiency since birth, was having trouble coping with a series...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Executive Branch, Regional Authority, Employment Opportunities, Medicaid
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Sequester virtue
In the nine weeks since modest cuts to federal spending growth kicked in, we've waited for the parade of horribles that President Barack Obama and his subordinates predicted. What we've instead witnessed, to our surprise and probably theirs, is members of...
Tags: White House, Air Transportation Industry, Justice System, Parties and Movements, Politics
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Mission helps keep La Rabida expansion on track
Wedged between Lake Michigan and a small boat harbor in the far reaches of Jackson Park on the city's South Side, La Rabida Children's Hospital is all on its own, in more ways than one. The tiny, independent pediatric specialty hospital is known for...
Tags: Sickle Cell Disease, Medicaid, Chicago Park District, Health Insurance, Spain
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Florida's shame: the Florida House
The legislative session ended Friday with state lawmakers scurrying out of Tallahassee with the one thing 3.8 million of their fellow Floridians lack — decent health care. Poor constituent service? You betcha. Missed opportunity? Huge. One out...Tags: Justice System, U.S. Senate, Florida Legislature, Health Insurance, Palm Bay (Brevard, Florida)
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