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Hospital-Related Infections Drop Under California Initiative

Image of Hospital-Related Infections Drop Under California Initiative

The goal: Cut costs and save lives by preventing hospital-related infections from taking root. 'We're definitely making progress,' says a doctor in Newport Beach.

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Barnidge: The Reasons Why Your Health Care Insurance Keeps Costing More

The biggest single factor in driving up costs to insurance companies -- and, in turn, their policyholders -- is a curious practice that described as "cost-shifting." Costs that can be assigned to Medicare or Medi-Cal are fixed. Charity patients pay nothing. So the rising expenses encountered by hospitals are assigned to commercial insurers, who -- guess what? -- pass them along to customers.

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Fewer Emergency Rooms Available as Need Rises

Hospital emergency rooms, particularly those serving the urban poor, are closing at an alarming rate even as emergency visits are rising, according to a report published on Tuesday.

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