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participation rate is 95%. you might ask what is the retail charge? from one of our retirees who brought us for bill, her eight- day stay in the hospital was over $900,000. because she was a medicare, blue shield only had to pay 21% of that. but the bill charged for a generic stool softener was $17.50. the bill for an aspirin was $1.80. hospitals very rarely charge people the bill charges unless you are out of network, which is what we are talking about. supervisor chiu: you mentioned it was hard to get information and i had been told they had some of the data and i was wondering if you could talk about what we know about their rates compared to other hospital and health-care systems? hospital systems file their retail list with the statewide bureau and there was an article last year in the l.a. times that showed their prices were about 30% above other hospital prices in terms of their pricing strategy. this is statewide? they are predominantly in northern califo ....
one of the flames. have an overnight. you re looking at video from the scene. the fire started after 11:00 p.m. near trinity place. it went to two alarms. firefighters say that claims for shooting 15-20 ft. into the ear. are told it took crews about a half an hour to put out the fire. it is cause significant damage. fortunately, no one was hurt. the cause of the fire is under investigation. in the south bay, a house party took a violent turn. one san francisco 49 of its staff. gunfire also broken out of lending to people. 49er officials say he suffered minor injuries and will be ok. da lin reports that neighbors are not surprised by the violence. da: neighbors are not shocked about the shooting and stabbing at his house. that many thought it was only a matter of time. it does not surprise me. i expected something like this to happen eventually. but when you hear parties every weekend, when you hear is seized or very often a lot of neighbors say the shooting is com ....
and whether you think the bailout in 2009 was successful, etc. we ve divided our phone numbers by car owners. host: front page of being detroit free press of the detroit free press this morning. the u.s. new vehicle market is expected to grow 41% from 2010 to 2015 according to ihs automotive, which is second only to china s 48%. president obama said tuesday the american auto industry is coming back. general motors, ford, and chrysler all plan to add jobs in michigan, which stands to benefit more than any other state. host: again, this is the detroit free press front-page article this morning. in some other news on the auto industry, romney and new gingrich are neck and neck. this is from the hill. mitt romney leads newt gingrich 36% to 34%, which has a 5% margin of error. now to your calls. from an american car owner, kathy in rockford, illinois. what do you think the federal government s role should be in the auto industry? caller: i m thinking about buying a ....