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Enlarge this image When Anne Soloviev, a retiree who lives in Washington, D.C., received a prescription to treat toenail fungus, she never…
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An Out-Of-Network Lab, An Elaborate Urine Test And Then A Surprise Bill
by Fred Schulte February 16, 2018Enlarge this image Urine testing to diagnose illness or to detect the presence of drugs is generally routine. But a woman who…
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Enlarge this image Liz Moreno thought she was done paying for her back surgery in 2015. But a $17,850 bill for a…
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Unnecessary Medical Care: More Common Than You Might Imagine
by Marshall Allen February 1, 2018Enlarge this image Drawn Ideas/Ikon Images/Getty Images Drawn Ideas/Ikon Images/Getty Images It’s one of the intractable financial boondoggles of the U.S. health…
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Amazon, JPMorgan Chase And Berkshire Hathaway Pursue The Health Care ‘Unicorn’
by Scott Hensley January 30, 2018Enlarge this image (From left) Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase; Warren Buffett, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway; and Jeff Bezos, CEO of…
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Missouri Faces Costly Dilemma: How To Treat Inmates With Hepatitis C?
by Alex Smith January 19, 2018Enlarge this image Jymie Jimerson collects Willie Nelson memorabilia in her home in remembrance of her late husband, Steve, who was a…