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Medicare Fines Half Of Hospitals For Readmitting Too Many Patients
Nearly half the nation’s hospitals will get lower payments for all Medicare patients because of readmitting patients.
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Initiative could authorize the state to borrow $5.5 billion to keep financing CIRM.
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Faced with a dire diagnosis, how do patients or their families know whether they can seek treatment?
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Health Care Groups Dive Into Property Tax Ballot Fight
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