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Health Care
Hospital Price Data—There’s an App for That
Imagine this: You get a hospital bill in the mail and, before paying it, you plug its contents into a smartphone app. Up pops information on whether the prices you’ve been charged are in line with national averages, along with …
Ariz. Health Care Fight Aligns Obama with Ex-Rival
(PHOENIX) — The Arizona Legislature has begun debate on a state budget and proposed Medicaid expansion that has divided the state’s Republican leadership.
A newly formed coalition of Democrats and GOP moderates pushing the …
Timeline: The Battle For Plan B
On Monday, the Obama administration announced it is ending its fight to keep age restrictions on the morning-after pill. Here is a timeline of the key legal moments in the battle to get Plan B over-the-counter.
A Tax Fight in Pittsburgh and the Future of Non-Profit Hospitals Nationwide
The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center is now under fire from local labor organizers who want to unionize its workforce, a competing health care system that’s eyeing its customer base and, lately, the mayor of Pittsburgh.
Florida Hospital Takes a Step Toward Price Transparency
Miami’s Mount Sinai Medical Center has pledged to publicly disclose its price contracts with insurers
Trustees Say Medicare Exhausted in 2026
(WASHINGTON) — The government said Friday that Medicare’s giant hospital trust will not be exhausted until 2026, two years later than projected last year, while the date that Social Security will exhaust its trust fund
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The Daily Show Features TIME Health Care Exposé
Jon Stewart responds to the government investigation into outrageous pricing in the U.S. health care system launched in the wake of Steve Brill’s special exposé.
‘Bitter Pill’ Investigation Yields Better Bill Information
The White House announced Friday that there have been over 100,000 downloads of its Medicare hospital charge data in the first 24 hours of availability.
An End to Medical-Billing Secrecy?
In wake of TIME’s “Bitter Pill” special report, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius reveals hospitals’ price lists and Medicare repayment rates for 100 inpatient procedures
New Obamacare Application Forms
Here are the new Obamacare application forms released today by the Department of Health and Human Services
Exclusive: White House to Streamline Obamacare Application
The Obama Administration has announced new application forms for the Obamacare health care exchanges set to drop next year
Obama Unveils Details of New Human Brain Mapping Initiative
On Tuesday, President Obama provided more information about his plan to invest $100 million in 2014 to map the human brain.
