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Are secret shoppers the key for improved price transparency?

by February 11, 2015 Comments (0)

Patients want upfront information about the price of treatments from their hospitals. But to find out if they’re getting it, hospital leaders may need to go undercover. 

Health care spending increases starting to reverse?

by February 4, 2011 Comments (0)

The skyrocketing cost of health care is slowing — a little. 

Why women pay more for health care

by December 22, 2010 Comments (0)

Women pay an average of one-third more for health care, according to a new study. The real question is: Why?

One in seven hospitalized Medicare patients suffers harm

by December 14, 2010 Comments (0)

A new report raises some alarming questions about the quality of care Medicare patients receive.

More proof: U.S. health care falling behind other nations

by June 29, 2010 Comments (0)

The U.S. health care system ranked last in a recent comparison of six other large countries.