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Health care costs

Medical markup

Published May 30, 2017

'Price gouging' especially prevalent among for-profit hospitals that treat minorities, uninsured patients / Hopkins Medicine

Health care

Published March 15, 2017

Many people with chronic illnesses choose needlessly costly insurance plans, driving costs up for everyone, Carey Business study finds

Health care

Published Jan 17, 2017

Study: Medical costs for some specialists and in certain regions of U.S. are up to six times higher than what Medicare pays

Health care

Published Sept 8, 2016

Study: Hospitals charge more than 20 times cost on some procedures to maximize revenue