In 2007, baby boomers (adults age 55-64) had more than 4.7 million hospital stays totaling $59 billion, or 16 percent of total hospital costs in the United States, according to a recently released Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Healthcare…
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A survey by the Joint Commission predicts that most U.S. hospitals will be smoke-free throughout their campuses by the end of 2009, according to release by the Joint Commission.
Miami's public health system expects to lose $56 million this year and $168 million next year as a result of caring for an increasing number of uninsured patients and decreasing tax revenue, according to a report in the Miami Herald.
Services at many of Minnesota's public hospitals are threatened due to the increasing cost of caring for uninsured patients, according to a report by the Star Tribune.
The American Medical Association recently released a statement supporting health reform and expanded coverage for uninsured persons but opposing "any public plan that forces physicians to participate, expands the fiscally-challenged Medicare program or pays Medicare rates," according to an AMA…
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Members of the Ways and Means Committee, the Energy and Commerce Committee and Education and the Labor Committee presented a draft outline of legislation that would reform the current U.S. healthcare system, according to a House Committee on Ways and…
An Oregon bill to tax hospitals and insurance premiums in order to provide health insurance to the state's uninsured has passed out of the House Revenue Committee, according to a report by the Portland Business Journal.
A new study from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation projects that uncompensated care by hospitals and health systems could increase to $141.4 billion by 2019 if healthcare reform is not enacted, according to a Robert Wood Johnson news release.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released a report examining access to healthcare for rural Americans, according to an HHS news release.
A study by the Florida Hospital Association has found that a hypothetical $100 million cut in Medicaid would reduce related economic activity by $415 million, according to an FHA news release.