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Prices In Oregon For Many Common Medical Procedures Have Surged, Data Show
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Prices also varied wildly from one hospital to another, which the state says underscores the importance of Oregon’s new cost-growth control program.
More than 100 Insurers, Providers Likely To Be Held To Oregon’s Health Care Cost Cap
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Developing the initial list, which likely will be fine-tuned later, is another step in the process of trying to keep the annual growth in health care spending below 3.4%.
Despite COVID, Many Wealthy Hospitals Had a Banner Year With Federal Bailout
Some of the nation's richest hospitals and health systems recorded hundreds of millions of dollars in surpluses last year after accepting the lion's share of federal health care bailout grants.
Oregon Sets Minimum Charity Care Levels For Hospitals
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Other states have set minimums for hospital groups but Oregon is the first to set levels for individual hospitals, which have profited from the expansion of Medicaid.
Gov. Kate Brown Commits To Affordable Health Care In Annual Speech
The governor urged Oregon to prepare for a long haul with the pandemic and said she would back a proposal to cap the rise in health care costs statewide at 3.4%.
Hospital Prices Just Got a Lot More Transparent. What Does This Mean for You?
There is disagreement whether new requirements for hospitals to post price information will curtail prices and create better-informed consumers.
Bills Would Target Mergers Among Hospital Systems, Clinic Networks, Others
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The Oregon Health Authority wants the public to be able to weigh in on proposed mergers and acquisitions, a proposal that advocates support.
Seniors Face Crushing Drug Costs as Congress Stalls on Capping Medicare Out-Of-Pockets
Many Americans face high out-of-pocket costs for life-saving drugs but those on Medicare are often worse off: There's no cap on coinsurance costs once they hit $6,550 in drug spending.
How To Curb Cost Of Health Care? Lots Of Ideas, No Quick Fix
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The relentless rise of health care costs, which account for nearly one-fifith of the economy, is a bane to the country, but experts disagree about how to stem them to bring the United States in line with other industrialized countries, which spend far less on health care.
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