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SPOTLIGHT: Worry over rapidly-rising health costs in Wisc. looms over hospital opening
The planned opening next week of a new, $200 million hospital in Summit, Wis., has some worried that the inevitable competition created could drive up healthcare costs in the area to the point that... Read more...
As health costs rise, patients cut back
It's no surprise: as health costs rise, consumers are cutting back on the services they use. For example, physician office visits fell 1.2 percent between July 2007 and 2008, according to one study.... Read more...
U of IL hospital sending back Mexican immigrant
Recently, we ran an article that stirred up some serious discussion on the subject of how to pay for the care of undocumented, medically-indigent immigrants, and how to handle things when a provider... Read more...
