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Jul 6, 2021 A colonoscopy might cost you or your insurer a few hundred dollars — or several thousand, depending on which hospital or insurer you use. Long hidden, such price variations are supposed to be available in stark black and white under a Trump administration price transparency rule that took effect at the start of this year. It requires hospitals to post a range of actual prices — everything from the rates they offer cash-paying customers to costs negotiated with insurers. Many have complied. But some hospitals bury the data deep on their websites or have not included all the ca...

WHYY By Julie ApplebyJuly 2, 2021 Many hospitals around the country, including Medstar Washington Hospital in Washington, D.C., have started sharing their prices online in compliance with a recent federal rule. (Daniel Slim/AFP via Getty Images) A colonoscopy might cost you or your insurer a few hundred dollars — or several thousand, depending on which hospital or insurer you use. Long hidden, such price variations are supposed to be available in stark black and white under a Trump administration price transparency rule that took effect at the start of this year. It requires hospitals to po...

Labour MP Visits Vaccine Hub and Urges Local Community to Accept Vaccine   Labour MP Apsana Begum undertook the visit with Tracy Connell, Joint Chief Executive of the Tower Hamlets GP Care Group and Dr Sam Everington, Chair of the Tower Hamlets Clinical Commissioning Group. The Poplar and Limehouse MP has warned of the greater risk to the BAME community caused by racial discrimination, inequality and the overrepresentation of minorities working in health and care services. Begum has called on the Government to include BAME communities on the list for priority vaccination due them experiencin...

Eighteen new COVID-19 outbreaks have been reported in Northern Virginia long-term care facilities since early December, with 27 total outbreaks in progress as of last week, according to new data from the Virginia Department of Health. The number of total outbreaks in progress is the highest it has been since early summer, as COVID-19 cases surge regionally and statewide, although residents and staff at the facilities are in the first priority group to receive vaccines, some of which have already begun. In response to emergency legislation passed by the General Assembly this fall requiring the...