What Does Health Care Really Cost?

What Does Health Care Really Cost?

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Even doctors are generally clueless about what the tests, drugs and specialists they recommend will cost patients. … Hoping to shine a light on the variations in hospital charges, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, or CMS, grabbed …
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New report reveals significant increase in overdoses involving heroin in Kentucky

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A new report from the Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center reveals the prevalence and changes associated with drug overdose in the Bluegrass state. … While the contribution of prescription opioids and benzodiazepines to drug overdoses …
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Mount Pleasant seeks a better prescription for insuring its employees

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It also launched a points program that let employees have a day off, a digital camera and all sorts of other prizes by quitting smoking, participating in charity walks and runs, biking to work and exercising at the fitness center. Employee involvement …
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Drug Court graduates thank program for success

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Drug court requires intense supervision, in-patient treatment, therapy sessions, frequent drug tests and life-skill building exercises. In order to graduate from the four-level program and deter a prison sentence, participants have to meet milestones …
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