Texas: Bigger Is Better As Children’s Population Booms
Healthy profits and assets fuel billions in spending by Dallas, Houston and Fort Worth hospitals.
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Chicago: New Children’s Memorial Hospital Will Rank Among The Most Expensive
From its modest beginning as an eight-bed cottage hospital founded in 1882, Chicago Memorial has evolved into a huge institution with nearly $2 billion in assets.
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Demise Of Pa. Plan For Low-Income Adults Leaves Many Uninsured
Six months after the state ended the adultBasic health coverage, only about 40 percent of the enrollees went to Medicaid or a limited benefit plan opened to them.
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Growing Size And Wealth Of Children’s Hospitals Fueling Questions About Spending
Many of the largest children's hospitals have grown into big businesses with substantial assets and millionaire CEOs.
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Nonprofit Children’s Hospitals Get Valuable Tax Exemptions But Many Provide Little Free Care
Hospital executives say spending on charity care is only one of many community benefits they provide as nonprofits.
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Charitable Spending By Children’s Hospitals
Details on charitable spending from the tax returns of children's hospitals.
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The Wealth Of Children’s Hospitals
Details on revenues, spending and total assets of 39 children's hospitals from around the country.
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Talking Building Ambitions: The Big Money World Of Kids’ Care
Jackie Judd talks with Gil Gaul about his series, Building Ambitions, which looks at the big money world of children's hospitals in the United States. Gaul discusses his series and says big costs, amassed wealth and children's hospitals' unique place in health care in America make it a growing power player in providing health care in America.
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Parents Fear Health Law Could Derail Autism Coverage
As federal officials draw up their list of requirements for essential health benefits under the overhaul, it's not clear whether they will include treatment mandates passed by many states.
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Religious Freedom, Individual Mandate And Anti-Injunction Act At Issue In D.C. Circuit
KHN's Mary Agnes Carey and ABC News' Ariane de Vogue discuss today's oral arguments in the American Center for Law and Justice challenge to the health law.
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GOP Candidates Push State Role In Health Care
Exchanges on health policy were limited in Thursday's Republican presidential debate, but Texas Gov. Rick Perry and former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney once again lashed out at each other on the issue and Rep. Michele Bachmann renewed her criticism of Perry's efforts to get Texas children vaccinated against HPV.
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Companies Steering Workers To Lower Priced Medical Care
Businesses want employees to be more sensitive to the cost of medical care, but consumer advocates worry that decisions will be based on price, not quality.
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Ten Questions To Ask Your Doctor
Some doctors wince when patients show up with sheafs of Internet printouts. But a good conversation between doctor and patient can make a big difference in the quality of medical care provided. Here are some tips on what to ask.
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