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Baby Birth Costs Vary 10-Fold In Hospitals, Study Finds

Caroline Chen | Bloomberg Sustainability | January 16, 2014

The cost of giving birth at a hospital can vary by tens of thousands of dollars, a price range that is “largely random” and unexplainable by market factors, a California study found. Read More »

US Hospitals Facing Financial Squeeze-Mass Closures

By Edmund Billings, MD | September 2, 2014

In the last year, the profitability of U.S. hospitals eroded for the first time since the Great Recession, pushing some closer to and others over the solvency precipice. Revenues are down and costs are up.  And these issues appear systemic and entrenched, giving rise to a series of important and relevant questions: How can hospitals adapt?  If they do, will they still survive? And, do we as a nation think it’s important to make hospitals accessible, even if they lose money? Read More »