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U.S. companies are sending workers to out-of-town hospitals for surgery, saving 20% to 40% — more than enough to cover the travel expenses.
More than 30 states and Congress have passed laws requiring hospitals to publish their prices, but the information often is of little use to consumers.
In a study comparing the health systems of seven countries–Australia, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, U.K. and U.S.–the U.S. comes last, again.
Regence BlueShield boosts premiums 17 percent
Regence BlueShield will raise premiums for 135,000 individual health-plan members in Washington by an average 17 percent on Aug. 1, Seattle Times health reporter Kyung Song writes in today’s paper.
“It is the third consecutive year that the state’s largest provider of individual coverage has boosted rates by double digits. And [...]
Virginia Mason CEO Dr. Gary Kaplan estimates that as much as half of the $2.3 trillion Americans spend on health care does nothing to improve health, according to a Washington Post article on efforts to curtail health-care waste.
In the article Dr. Kaplan describes a program Virginia Mason worked out with Seattle employers such as Starbucks [...]
Invisible Families: The homeless you don't see
They squeeze in with relatives, couch surf with friends or camp out in cars. More families are quietly becoming homeless, driven to the edge by a lack of jobs and affordable housing. The Seattle Times and its local news partners tackle the topic together. Project home
E-Health Records: Seattle is ahead of the curve
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