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Under the current system, doctors are chosen or approved by the American Medical Association to a 32-member committee which recommends values for medical services that Medicare then considers when dec... 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Health , Finance

Simplified: Doctors are chosen by the American Medical Association to a 32-member committee that recommends values for medical services Medicare considers.

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Of 50 such models launched by CMS over the past decade, only six delivered health savings and two demonstrated improvements in quality, according to June testimony from U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Texa... 0.800

👤 Lloyd Doggett 📋 News Article 🏷️ Health , Policy

Simplified: Only six of 50 CMS models delivered health savings over the past decade. Two models improved quality. Lloyd Doggett testified this.

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Doctors who provide specialty care such as cardiologists or cancer doctors get much higher payments from Medicare and private insurers than primary care doctors. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Health , Finance

Simplified: Specialty care doctors get higher payments from Medicare and insurers than primary care doctors.

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Doctors, hospitals and other providers are paid based on the number of tests and procedures they order, not necessarily whether patients get better. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Health , Economics

Simplified: Doctors hospitals and providers are paid based on tests and procedures not patient outcomes.

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That same year, Medicare filings show hospitals paid out $15.2 billion in charity care. 0.900

👤 Medicare 📋 News Article 🏷️ Health , Finance

Simplified: Hospitals paid out $15.2 billion in charity care in 2021. Medicare filings show this.

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Chernew has proposed health care price caps to curb runaway health costs. 0.800

👤 Chernew 📋 News Article 🏷️ Health , Policy

Simplified: Chernew proposed health care price caps to curb costs.

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Prescription drugs accounted for 9% and health insurance − both private health insurance and government programs such as Medicare and Medicaid − collect 7% in administrative costs. 0.900

👤 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services 📋 News Article 🏷️ Health , Finance

Simplified: Prescription drugs accounted for 9% of US health spending. Health insurance collects 7% in administrative costs.

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Johns Hopkins University and Texas Christian University researchers estimated the nation's nearly 3,000 nonprofit hospitals were spared $37.4 billion in federal, state and local taxes in 2021. 0.900

👤 Johns Hopkins University and Texas Christian University researchers 📋 News Article 🏷️ Health , Finance

Simplified: Nonprofit hospitals were spared $37.4 billion in taxes in 2021. Johns Hopkins University and Texas Christian University researchers estimated this.

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Doctors rank second at 20%. 0.900

👤 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services 📋 News Article 🏷️ Health , Finance

Simplified: Doctors rank second in US health spending at 20%.

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Of the $4.5 trillion spent on U.S. health care in 2022, hospitals collected 30% of that total health spending, according to data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. 0.900

👤 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services 📋 News Article 🏷️ Health , Finance

Simplified: Hospitals collected 30% of $4.5 trillion US health spending in 2022. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reported this.

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U.S. hospitals typically have either one or two patients per room, unlike facilities abroad that tend to have open wards with rows of beds, Chernew said. 0.800

👤 Michael Chernew 📋 News Article 🏷️ Health

Simplified: US hospitals have one or two patients per room. Hospitals abroad tend to have open wards. Chernew said this.

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U.S. hospitals have more specialists than do medical facilities in other nations. 0.800

👤 Michael Chernew 📋 News Article 🏷️ Health

Simplified: US hospitals have more specialists than other nations' medical facilities.

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And medical bills accounted for more than half of all debt on consumers credit records in 2022, according to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. 0.900

👤 Consumer Financial Protection Bureau 📋 News Article 🏷️ Health , Finance

Simplified: Medical bills accounted for over half of consumer debt in 2022. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau reported this.

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Health insurance companies took in $25 billion in profit last year, while hospitals collected an eye-popping $90 billion, Rice University economist Vivian Ho said. 0.900

👤 Vivian Ho 📋 News Article 🏷️ Health , Finance

Simplified: Health insurance companies profited $25 billion last year. Hospitals collected $90 billion. Vivian Ho said this.

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Health bills are the leading cause of personal bankruptcy. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Health , Finance

Simplified: Health bills are the leading cause of personal bankruptcy.

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The amount working-age Americans spent on health insurance through the payroll deductions has jumped nearly three times faster than wages over the past two dozen years. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Health , Finance

Simplified: Working-age Americans' health insurance spending increased three times faster than wages over two dozen years.

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"We spend more on administrative costs than we do on caring for heart disease and caring for cancer," said Harvard University economist David Cutler. 0.900

👤 David Cutler 📋 News Article 🏷️ Health , Economics

Simplified: US spends more on administrative health costs than heart disease and cancer care. David Cutler said this.

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Americans spend far more on health care than anywhere else in the world but we have the lowest life expectancy among large, wealthy countries. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Health , Economics

Simplified: Americans spend more on health care than other countries. Americans have the lowest life expectancy among large wealthy countries.

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Among other things, we reward doctors more for medical procedures than for keeping people healthy, keep costs hidden from customers and spend money on tasks that have nothing to do making patients fee... 0.800

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Health , Economics

Simplified: US health care system rewards doctors more for procedures than preventative care. US health care system keeps costs hidden. US health care system spen...

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Prices for new and used cars, and airline fares, actually decreased in June. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Economics , Finance

Simplified: Prices for new cars used cars and airline fares decreased in June.

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