Category Archives: Hospitals

The Trial of “Death by Medicine”: An Interview with Lisa Krieger

 > Krieger's father wanted a "natural death." Thanks to modern medicine, he lived decades longer than his father, but he also had a miserable unnatural death -- at a cost of $323,000. That is a dilemma of modern medicine we have yet to resolve. read more »
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Health Care Reform: The Role of Hospitals and the Need for Equity

 > A hospital reimbursement system in which every procedure and test generates a “facilities fee” and a doctor fee is in need of reform that rewards quality instead of quantity. But reform also needs to level the playing field so that safety net hospitals don’t bear a disproportionate financial burden. read more »
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