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Recovery effort came with a price tag of roughly $118 per claim, or as much as $8.6 billion in appeals-related administrative costs, Change Healthcare said.
Republicans are short on votes needed for bill to pass due to five Senators who will not give their support, including Sen. Susan Collins of Maine.
Decisions are affected by emotions, bias, social context; the solution is design, expert says.
Whatever hours they're at their best is when Texas Health Resources wants them to work, system says.
Bill is part of proposed reforms that supplement the American Health Care Act; Trump administration pledged to support the tort reform legislation.
Medicaid pays for about two-thirds of 1.4 million elderly in nursing homes; it covers 20 percent of Americans, 40 percent of elderly poor adults.
The number of uninsured by 2026 would increase by 22 million, 1 million less than what was estimated under the House bill.
Per agreement, lawyer fees will soak up a third of the $115 million fund, boiling down to less than a dollar each for the 78.8 million breach victims.
Consumers who let their coverage lapse for 63 days would be locked out of the insurance market for six months the following year.
Patient outcomes are the marker of a system's quality, and that quality is often reflected in the costs.