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House Panel Votes to End Health Insurance Antitrust Exemption
Posted by Chris Pace on October 21, 2009 under News | 
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The U.S. House Judiciary Committee voted to repeal the insurance industry’s federal antitrust exemption in a move aimed at spurring competition and controlling the cost of premiums. Read more of this article »
Mortality, Quality Gulfs Persist in Hospitals
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Patients at highly-rated hospitals have a 52% lower chance of dying compared with the U.S. hospital average, a quality gulf that has persisted in the last 10 years, even as mortality rates have declined, a new HealthGrades study shows.
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Same Surgery, Different Cost: Insurance Explained (NPR podcast)
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Princeton economist Uwe Reinhardt argues that health care should be looked at from an unemotional, economic perspective. Reinhardt explains the practice of price discrimination, the process by which the cost of care is negotiated between hospitals and insurance companies. Courtesy of NPR Read more of this article »