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Want Cheaper Medical Bills? Forget Insurance, Pay Cash

The Huffington Post | Catherine New | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: Surgical Bills, Health Care Cash, Medical Billing, Uninsured, Insurance, Health Insurance Costs, Out of Pocket Medical Cost, Colonoscopy, Doctors, Medical Bills, Hospital Bill, Long Beach Medical Center, Surgical Costs, Money News

It is the paradox of medical billing: Medical insurance means you might actually have to pay more in some cases. Take the story of one frustrated p...

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'Do You Want To Pay Now?': How A Hospital Hounded A Sick Patient

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeffrey Young | Posted 05.21.2012

No one at the hospital ever said Bruce Folken's medical care would suffer if he didn't pay up, but it sure felt that way. Folken, 62, went to Fairv...

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'We Are Giving The Image That We Are Money-Hungry,' Hospital Workers Say

The Huffington Post | Jeffrey Young | Posted 05.16.2012

Employees at Minnesota hospitals that contracted with Accretive Health repeatedly complained about the company's methods of getting money from patient...

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Hospital Debt Collector Taps Washington Bigwigs In Bid To Restore Reputation

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeffrey Young | Posted 05.15.2012

Accretive Health, a debt-collection company under fire for allegedly hounding hospital patients over unpaid bills, has hired former President George W...

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Health Care Costs For Families With Insurance Reach Staggering Amount: Study

The Huffington Post | Jeffrey Young | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Uninsured, Money, Health Care Costs, Business News, Careers, Jobs, Health Insurance, Business, Health Care, Healthcare, Healthcare Costs, Money News

Health care costs for a family of four covered by workplace health insurance will exceed $20,000 for the first time ever this year -- $20,728 to be pr...

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For Your Own Good: Debt Collectors Say They Help Hospital Patients By Demanding Money

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeffrey Young | Posted 05.11.2012

Accretive Health, a debt-collection company under fire from Minnesota and federal officials for aggressive tactics to squeeze money from hospital pati...

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Hickenlooper To Sign Hospital Information Bill

Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Hospital Payment Assistance Act, Uninsured, Denver News, Hospital Bills, Health Care Costs, Health, Governor Hickenlooper, Health Care Reform, Uninsured Americans, Senator Irene Aguilar, Denver Colorado, Healthcare, Colorado, Video, Denver News

On Monday, Gov. John Hickenlooper signed a bill into law that changes how uninsured patients are billed after receiving hospital treatment. Senate...

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U.S. Health Care Costs Highest In Industrialized World: Study

The Huffington Post | Jeffrey Young | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Health Care Costs, Health Insurance, Obesity, Oecd, Uninsured, Asthma, Hospitals, Doctors, Medicaid, Medicare, Cancer, Diabetes, Health Care, Healthcare, Healthcare Costs, Business News

Health care in America costs more than in other industrialized nation and we aren't even getting the world's best care for our dollars, according to a...

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Here Come The Feds: Hospital Debt Collection Under Scrutiny From Obama Cabinet Member And Democrats

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeffrey Young | Posted 05.02.2012

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Government regulators are looking into reports of aggressive debt collectors hassling patients at hospitals. Health and Human Services Secretary Ka...

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Millions Grow Reliant On This For Health Care

Reuters | Posted 05.02.2012

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* Health center patient ranks reach 20 million * $728 million for health center building projects By David Morgan ...

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Nonprofit Hospitals Sued 40,000 Patients Over Unpaid Bills

The Huffington Post | Jeffrey Young | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Lori Swanson, Debt, Debt Collectors, Video, Pete Stark, Uninsured, Minnesota, Health Care Costs, Debt Collection, Economy, Al Franken, Hospitals, Jobs, Health Insurance, Business, Health Care, Healthcare, North Carolina, Business News

Hospitals in North Carolina are taking debt-collection to a whole new level. Certain North Carolina hospitals sued 40,000 patients for unpaid bill...

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Debt Collector May Face Federal Investigation For 'Abusive' Hospital Tactics

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeffrey Young | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Debt, Congress, Minnesota, Health Care Costs, Economy, Jobs, Health Insurance, Business, Debt Collectors, Video, Pete Stark, Uninsured, Hospitals, Health Care, Healthcare, Business News

A debt-collection agency that reportedly worked to obtain money owed by patients inside U.S. hospitals should be investigated by federal authorities, ...

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Fewer Jobs Offer Health Insurance Benefits, Leaving Workers To Fend For Themselves

The Huffington Post | Jeffrey Young | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Video, Unemployed, Uninsured, Obamacare, Health Care Reform, Jobs, Health Insurance, Business, Healthcare Reform, Health Care, Healthcare, Business News

Jobs are the number-one source of health insurance coverage for Americans, but fewer employers are offering health benefits to their workers and more ...

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Watch Out For The Undercover Debt Collector

The Huffington Post | Jeffrey Young | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Debt, Video, Debt Collectors, Uninsured, Minnesota, Health Care Costs, Economy, Hospitals, Jobs, Health Insurance, Business, Health Care, Healthcare, Money News

Next time you're at the hospital, be on notice: The person taking down your information and admitting you for treatment might not be a hospital employ...

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Uninsured Americans Tend To Stay Uninsured, Survey Shows

The Huffington Post | Jeffrey Young | Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: Video, Unemployment, Uninsured, Obamacare, Health Care Reform, Jobs, Poll, Health Insurance, Healthcare Reform, Health Care, Healthcare, Barack Obama, Business News

Americans aren't just becoming uninsured. They're staying that way. More than half of people who went without health insurance in 2011 were uninsured ...

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On Their Own: More Workers Losing Health Benefits Along with Jobs

The Huffington Post | Jeffrey Young | Posted 02.14.2012

Read More: National Healthcare, Free Clinic, Poor Economy, Uninsured, Hospitals, Jobs, Health Insurance, Health Care, Gallup, Obamacare, Business News

More Americans went without health coverage last year as unemployment remained high and even those who kept their jobs lost health insurance benefits ...

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When The Poor Have Health Care Coverage, The Cost Goes Down For All

Emily Cohn | Posted 02.10.2012

Read More: Uninsured Americans, Affordable Care Act, Video, Romney Health Care, Obama Affordable Care Act, Uninsured, Mitt Romney Health Care, Health Care, Cost of Health Care, Business News

The concept of support for universal health care is taboo among Republicans who scrutinize the Affordable Care Act -- dubbing it the "Job-Killing Heal...

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Santorum 'Rejects' Evidence On Key Issue

The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 12.06.2011

Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum challenged students during a question and answer session Monday night at Drodt College, a small conser...

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Study: As More Workers Are Employed Part-Time, Fewer Are Insured

Posted 12.06.2011

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More than one-fifth of employed Americans lack health insurance, according to a recent survey, and that number is may be poised to grow as more worker...

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Health Care Reform Program's Enrollment Far, Far Below Expectations In First Year

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 12.05.2011

Read More: Video, Uninsured, Health Care Reform, Pcip, Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan, Health Insurance, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Enrollment in a new federal program for the uninsured is far below expectations from when the program launched following the enactment o...

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New Data Shows Poverty Rates In Illinois On The Rise

Posted 11.14.2011

Read More: Working Poor, Illinois Recession, Illinois Poverty Rate, Illinois Poverty, Uninsured, Unemployment, Illinois Unemployment, Poverty Data, Third World America, Poor, Recession, Beyond Broke, Chicago News

Some depressing statistics released by the U.S. Census Bureau Tuesday show that Illinois is currently home to more poor people than was the case nearl...

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WATCH: Tea Party Says Hooray For Death?

Posted 11.13.2011

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Having political, ideological or philosophical differences aside, generally, we tend to think of Americans as the kind of folk who don't applaud death...

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98 Percent Of Federal Funds For Uninsured Go Unspent

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 10.29.2011

Read More: Uninsured, Kathleen Sebelius, Obamacare, Health Care Reform, Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan, Pcip, Health Insurance, Health and Human Services, Third World America, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Though as many as 25 million uninsured Americans have pre-existing medical conditions like heart disease and diabetes, a year-old progra...

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Volunteer Doctors Can't Keep Up With Health Care Demands of Uninsured and Underinsured

Wendell Potter | Posted 10.29.2011

Read More: Uninsured, Underinsured, Remote Area Medical, Chicago, Health Care Reform, Oklahoma, Health Care, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Politics News

The health care reform law will go a long way toward solving the access problem in this country. When fully implemented, the number of uninsured Americans will drop by an estimated 30 million. But more than 20 million others will still be uninsured.

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Doctors Treating Sick in Africa Now Aid U.S. Uninsured

Wendell Potter | Posted 10.25.2011

Read More: Health Care Reform, Uninsured, Health Care, Chicago, Remote Area Medical, Impact News

I wish every candidate for public office would be required to spend an hour or two volunteering at one of the free clinics operated throughout the country by a nonprofit organization, Remote Area Medical.

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