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Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Health Care

News                                                                                                                             
CNN Money | Medicare payment rates: $15,000 for one hospital, $26,000 for another
Get a hip replaced at Olympia Medical Center in Los Angeles, and Medicare will pay the small, doctor-owned hospital $15,585, or about 13% of what Olympia charged in the bills it submitted.

Blogs                                                                                                                             
Heritage Foundation | Big Hospitals’ Obamacare Deal Betrays Seniors and the Poor
During their closed-room dealings with the Obama Administration, the hospital industry’s lobbyists agreed to support Obamacare—provided that the law placed restrictions on physician-owned “specialty” hospitals, noted WSJ.