Hospital facility fees are driving up health care costs in Houston — and catching the eye of lawmakers
The fees, which are billed separately from physician’s services, have been around for decades but have sparked nationwide ...
Opinion
Comment: Keeping health care fair, affordable as costs rise
SB 5083 tackles one of the biggest cost burdens and aims to increase access to primary care. Excessive hospital charges are harming our public employees and school workers. These workers dedicate ...
Here’s How States Can Lead the Way in Fixing What Ails Health Care
States should try to create agencies that manage the health of their populations like public utilities oversee electricity.
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Hospital labor, drug expenses rising: 18 statistics
From soaring drug expenses in the Great Plains to rising supply costs in the West, regional disparities highlight the unique pressures facing hospital leaders. As labor shortages persist, supply ...
‘My elderly mother was filmed naked and alone on the floor by negligent carers’
Hilda Towers, 93, played badminton and tennis well into her late 70s, only stopping after a bad fall when she turned 80 that put her in hospital for a prolonged period ...
No doctors for sick children. This is the reality of Trump’s aid freeze in remote northern Thailand
Aid workers in northern Thailand described widespread confusion following the US aid freeze, especially among those whose ...
The Royal Mail won’t deliver my post because of ‘health and safety gone mad’
Postmen are not allowed to deliver to this quiet east Devon hamlet, forcing residents to travel miles to collect their ...
Cost, design of new Civic hospital campus still being hammered out
The final cost and design of the brand new hospital and trauma centre are still to be determined, one year after Ellis Don ...
Becker's Hospital Review1d
New York hospital reduces pressure injuries by nearly 70%
Discover how a new tool implemented at Good Samaritan University Hospital drastically reduced healthcare-associated pressure injuries by 67.84%.
Commonwealth Fund5d
Drug Costs and Their Impact on Care: Insights from Medicare Patients and Providers
Providers are sympathetic to Medicare enrollees’ concerns but don’t agree on their role in helping patients find less costly ...
Moving past repealing Obamacare, Republicans still plan major health care cuts
President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans may no longer be pushing to wholly repeal Obamacare, but big cuts to the ...
Federal judge expands block on Trump administration effort to cut public health funding
The Trump administration’s effort to cut back on federal funding for the National Institute of Health for research programs ...