Top Hospitals Charging Patients Up To 1,800% More for Services Than They Actually Cost: study

The markups have resulted in hospital profits skyrocketing by 411% from 1999 to 2017, hitting a record $88 billion. The rise in charges coincides with growing hospital mergers and acquisitions by large systems. The result is increased market consolidation, which leads to higher profits and increased charges, not savings for patients as hospital systems often claim.


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Trump ‘Reached Out’ To ‘thank’ Wayne County Canvassers Before They Tried To Block Votes Agai

Reporting revealed that the two Republican election canvassers in Wayne County, Michigan who tried to block certification of Detroit ballots and relented, then tried to take back their decision to certify the votes … in the interim between them changing their mind and trying to take back Detroit certification, outgoing President Donald Trump “reached out” to the canvassers, Monica Palmer and William Hartmann, and thanked them for their “support.”

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Tenants Sue To Block Paying Rent Until ‘Dangerous Living Conditions’ at Kushner-Owned Apartments Are Fixed

According to the lawsuit, Kushner Companies “have circumvented fire safety and other protections required by the [Department of Buildings] including: failing to install operable sprinklers throughout the Subject Buildings; failing to legalize the height of the existing boiler chimney that services all four buildings; and other fire egress conditions that threaten the lives and safety of the Plaintiffs.”


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