Thanks to new US law, we now know the standard price for a cotton ball at the New York Presbyterian Hospital is $1.15. The list price for a skull X-ray at Orlando Health is $695 and NYU Langone’s average charge for a heart transplant is $1,698,831.13.
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The US government owes federal workers over $5 billion in back pay
The US government shutdown has blown a nearly $5.3 billion ...
Rich people are lowering cancer death rates in the US
The good news is, over the past quarter of a century, cancer deaths have been on the decline in the US. The bad news is, not everyone benefited equally.
According a report published Tuesday (Jan. 8) by researchers at the Ameri...
A new novel suggests universal basic income would make people deeply unhappy
It’s the year 2036. Cars drive themselves. Your house is run by an AI. You have a tiny device implanted in your hand, called a gram, which delivers everything to you—even more convenient than Amazon Prime. And a robot has your job. But you’ve got gov...
Finally, US hospitals will have to post their prices online
Astronomical hospital bills are a trope of American health care. Hospitals in the US are known for charging exorbitant fees for simple procedures, and for adding baffling entries to discharge bills. Notorious examples include the woman who was charged $40 to hold her newbo...
All the reasons why the US government has ever been shut down
When US president Donald Trump ordered the government to shut down last week, it was the third shutdown since he took office in 2017—and the 21st since 1976, the year the modern congressional budget process was enacted.
The current shutdown ste...
John Roberts may be the new swing vote on the US Supreme Court
When US Supreme Court justice Anthony Kennedy announced ...
The dangerous stigma against pregnant women addicted to opioids
Being a pregnant woman in America is a complicated affair. Once a woman starts expecting, social and medical attitudes shift to view her a vehicle of her child’s health. This approach routinely puts women at risk—particularly when the woman in question is addicted ...
