CLARENCE PAGE: A freshman lawmaker&39;s prescription
On 08-07-2007.
By letting the market do the heavy lifting, Wisconsin representative's ideas for health care reform could be just what the doctor ordered Clarence Page | Tribune Media Services August 6, 2007 Article Tools WASHINGTON - Since almost everyone in Washington knows that members of Congress and their staffs have some of the best health insurance in town, you can imagine the surprise that greeted freshman Rep. ...
A new Web site that debuted Thursday will help consumers compare costs and services at hospitals across Oregon. The Web site provides information on the average payment Oregon hospitals receive for more than 80 common medical procedures, such as childbirth, appendectomy and hip replacement. The data is based on payments the nine largest health insurance companies in the state made to hospitals for each procedure ...