American families pay an additional $ 8000 to cover the country's health care costs

According to two leading economists, American families are essentially paying $ 8000 in taxes to help cover the country's skyrocketing health care costs. Princeton University economists Anne Keyes and Angus Deaton at the American Economic ...

After the accident, a San Francisco resident received a bill from the hospital for $ 28 thousand

On July 9, 2016, Justin Sanders, 19, was walking along a sidewalk in San Francisco, California, when a metal rod protruding from the back of a city bus hit him in the face. After the blow, the guy lost consciousness. Sanders woke up in the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital. ...

Why American medicine benefits immigrants and even illegal immigrants

Insurance companies have always depended on the number of participants in insurance programs to be able to contribute to the insurance pool that protects their business—so that those with the highest utilization rates are covered by those with lower rates. In other words, everything is in the insurance...

Florida hit the top of the sickest states: America's health card

In America, deaths from infectious diseases are 20% lower than in 1980, but some states are still more vulnerable than others, the authors of the University of Washington study say, the Daily Mail writes. The study concludes that in parts of the United States where ...

How climate change affects the health of Florida residents

Most people think that climate change is a problem of the future that needs to be prevented now, but there is no point in worrying about its impact on people yet. But doctors in Florida said they can already see how climate change is negatively impacting...

A doctor from New York received 13 years for fraud with Medicare

In New York, 51-year-old surgeon Said Imran Ahmed was sentenced to 13 years in prison, a $ 20 fine and $ 7 million in compensation for fraud with the federal health insurance program Medicare. This was reported by the press service of the Department of Justice. Ahmed was convicted ...

30 children have already died from a flu epidemic in the USA

As of January 13, the US flu epidemic has spread to 49 states, excluding Hawaii. From January 7 to 13, 14 new laboratory confirmed cases of influenza were recorded, writes CNN. Thus, the total number of cases in ...

Healthcare spending in the United States increased by $ 900 billion over 7 years

Health care spending in the United States increased by $ 1996 billion between 2013 and 900. Americans spend more money on healthcare than residents of any other country in the world, writes the Daily Mail. According to the American Medical Association, in 2013 ...

Who is eligible for medical services in the USA?

As Congress decides the fate of Americans who cannot afford health insurance, new data show that more people are included in this group than previously thought. In a new survey, 49% of respondents said they must cut other costs to pay ...

Ten people arrested in Brooklyn because of suspicions of fraud with insurance

Ten people, including three doctors, a chiropractor, three licensed physicians, a general practitioner and two medical company owners, have been arrested in the largest ever fraudulent healthcare operation ever. They are suspected of fraudulent Medicare and Medicaid billing of ...

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