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As Hospital Prices Soar, A Stitch Tops $500

Elisabeth Rosenthal | New York Times | December 2, 2013

With blood oozing from deep lacerations, the two patients arrived at California Pacific Medical Center’s tidy emergency room. Deepika Singh, 26, had gashed her knee at a backyard barbecue. Orla Roche, a rambunctious toddler on vacation with her family, had tumbled from a couch, splitting open her forehead on a table... Read More »

The $2.7 Trillion Medical Bill: Colonoscopies Explain Why U.S. Leads The World In Health Expenditures

Elisabeth Rosenthal | New York Times | June 1, 2013

Deirdre Yapalater’s recent colonoscopy at a surgical center near her home here on Long Island went smoothly [...]. The test, which found nothing worrisome, racked up what is likely her most expensive medical bill of the year: $6,385. Read More »