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A baby spent 36 days at an in-network hospital. Why did her parents get a huge bill?
by Harris Meyer January 30, 2023Enlarge this image Brenna Kearney plays with her daughter, Joey, at home in Chicago. When Kearney was pregnant, she developed a rare…
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Hospitals can be lonely places as the days grow cold and long — especially during the holidays, and especially during a third…
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Why this key chance to getting permanent birth control is often missed
by Nell Greenfieldboyce July 12, 2022Enlarge this image Maria Fabrizio for NPR Maria Fabrizio for NPR In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s historic decision to…
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Richer Medicare Payments For Rural Hospitals Could Come At Urban Centers’ Expense
by Sarah Jane Tribble May 31, 2019Enlarge this image A proposed change in a formula for Medicare payments could help rural hospitals but would mean less money for…
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Mired In Medical Debt? Federal Rule Changes Proposed For Bill Collectors
by Michelle Andrews May 29, 2019Enlarge this image At least 43 million Americans have overdue medical bills on their credit reports, according to a 2014 report on…
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Hospitals Chafe Under A Medicare Rule That Reduces Payments To Far-Flung Clinics
by Carmen Heredia Rodriguez April 23, 2019Enlarge this image Over the past decade, hospitals have been rapidly building outpatient clinics or purchasing existing independent ones. It was a…
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Facing Escalating Workplace Violence, Hospital Employees Have Had Enough
by Marlene Harris-Taylor April 8, 2019Enlarge this image According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, incidents of serious workplace violence are four times more common in…