Donald Trump Did Something Right

By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL
NYT
His administration has ordered hospitals to reveal their prices. If patients and politicians pay attention, this could be a big deal.
Published date: January 21, 2019 at 08:29PM
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What to Make of Hospital Price Lists?

By Unknown Author
NYT Letters
Experts praise them for transparency and vilify them for confusing patients.
Published date: January 17, 2019 at 09:59PM
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Can States Fix the Disaster of American Health Care?

By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL
NYT
The governor of California has proposed some big ideas. Who knows whether he can pull them off, but there’s reason for hope.
Published date: January 16, 2019 at 10:05PM
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Taking Surprise Medical Bills to Court

By JULIE APPLEBY, KAISER HEALTH NEWS
NYT Live
Some legal experts say contract law could provide consumers another avenue to challenge unexpected hospital bills.
Published date: December 18, 2018 at 12:00PM
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They Were Raped. Then, at 7 Hospitals, They Were Billed for Evidence Kits.

By LIZ ROBBINS
NYT
A yearlong investigation by the state attorney general found the hospitals had billed 200 rape victims for evidence collection kits, against state law.
Published date: November 30, 2018 at 02:29AM
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Trump Administration Invites Health Care Industry to Help Rewrite Ban on Kickbacks

By ROBERT PEAR
NYT Politics
The goal is to open pathways for doctors and hospitals to work together to improve care and save money. The challenge will be to accomplish that without also increasing the risk of fraud.
Published date: November 24, 2018 at 04:51PM
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The Closing of Rural Hospitals

By Unknown Author
NYT Letters
The hospitals’ trade group addresses a disturbing trend.
Published date: November 11, 2018 at 08:00PM
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The Importance of Medical Touch

By CAITLIN KELLY
NYT Live
It can show gentleness and compassion or carelessness and incompetence.
Published date: October 8, 2018 at 12:00PM
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Lines Before Dawn, Violence and ‘No Trust’: China’s Health Care Crisis

By SUI-LEE WEE
NYT
China is trying to relieve its overwhelmed system by introducing more family doctors. But in a country where people rush to hospitals for a fever, change won’t be easy.
Published date: October 1, 2018 at 01:00AM
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How to (Maybe) Avoid Sticker Shock at the Emergency Room

By RICHARD KLASCO, M.D. and RICHARD ZANE, M.D
NYT Live
Knowing whether to use an urgent care center, a retail clinic, virtual care or the emergency room can make a big difference in cost.
Published date: September 8, 2018 at 12:22AM
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Blame Emergency Rooms for the Out-of-Control Cost of Health Care

By GLENN MELNICK
NYT
Patients might not care about this fight between hospitals and insurers. But they should.
Published date: September 5, 2018 at 10:15PM
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A Little-Known Windfall for Some Hospitals, Now Facing Big Cuts

By AUSTIN FRAKT
NYT
A program meant to help the poor has grown beyond its original intent.
Published date: August 29, 2018 at 12:00PM
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How to Tame Health Care Spending? Here’s a One-Percent Solution

By MARGOT SANGER-KATZ
NYT
Maybe the answer isn’t something big, a group of economists is suggesting, but rather many small tweaks.
Published date: August 27, 2018 at 05:33PM
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As Catholic Hospitals Expand, So Do Limits on Some Procedures

By KATIE HAFNER
NYT
Many religious health care institutions do not make it clear up front what procedures they won’t perform, a New York Times analysis shows.
Published date: August 10, 2018 at 05:54PM
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Shopping for Health Care Simply Doesn’t Work. So What Might?

By AUSTIN FRAKT
NYT
It’s often too complicated. And even when it isn’t, almost no one does it.
Published date: July 30, 2018 at 12:00PM
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Doctors and Health Workers Reflect on Rural America’s Limited Access to Care

By KELLY VIRELLA
NYT
Medical professionals and health care industry workers describe the hardships involved in trying to provide care in rural areas.
Published date: July 19, 2018 at 10:02PM
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It’s 4 a.m. The Baby’s Coming. But the Hospital Is 100 Miles Away.

By JACK HEALY
NYT
After years of cost-cutting and closures, fewer than half of the nation’s rural counties now have a hospital that offers any obstetric care, researchers say.
Published date: July 17, 2018 at 09:00AM
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Hidden From View: The Astonishingly High Administrative Costs of U.S. Health Care

By AUSTIN FRAKT
NYT
The complexity of the system comes with costs that aren’t obvious but that we all pay.
Published date: July 16, 2018 at 12:00PM
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Hidden From View: The Astonishingly High Administrative Costs of U.S. Health Care

By AUSTIN FRAKT
NYT
The complexity of the system comes with costs that aren’t obvious but that we all pay.
Published date: July 16, 2018 at 12:00PM
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Is It Getting Harder to Care for Poor Patients?

By DHRUV KHULLAR, M.D
NYT
We’ve been unable — or unwilling — to include social factors in how we support and pay doctors.
Published date: June 26, 2018 at 12:00PM
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