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When it comes to health care in Florida, it pays to shop around.The cost of a common MRI can vary by thousands of dollars depending on where you go to get…
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Hospital deaths are more expensive and intrusive than deaths at home, in hospice care or even in nursing homes. Financial incentives favor more care, even when it's not always wanted.
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As health care consolidation accelerates nationwide, a new study shows that hospital prices in two of California’s largest health systems were 25 percent…
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WLRN's Topical Currents looks at Health News Florida’s PriceCheck project . . . a community-created guide to health care costs.Patients can go to Health…
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Medical bills can be incredibly confusing and difficult to read.But do you have a better idea?No, seriously, do you?Because federal officials want to hear…
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In a move that might actually help health care costs become more transparent, some hospitals are starting to give patients detailed information about what…
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A database set up by ProPublica detailing the prescribing habits of doctors around the country may be luring the wrong audience, the publication recently…
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Prescription drug costs are not only a problem for consumers. Health care providers are worried about it too.That's the focus of a Tampa Bay Healthcare…
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During a conversation about health care recently with WMFE, the chief executives of two major hospitals in Central Florida said making prices more…
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The insurance company Florida Blue says its rate increases were published too soon on the Obamacare website.The numbers that were briefly available showed…