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Her air-ambulance ride wasn't covered by Medicare. It will cost her family $81,739

Enlarge this image The $81,739.40 bill for her mother's air-ambulance ride arrived less than two weeks after she died, A...

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Hospitals are fighting a Medicare payment fix that would save tax dollars

Enlarge this image A House-passed bill would equalize what Medicare pays when certain infusions are given in a hospital...

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Federal fix for rural hospitals gets few takers so far

Enlarge this image Hospitals in rural America face a dire financial forecast. The government has an incentive plan to he...

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What is hospice care? 6 myths about this end-of-life option

Enlarge this image Terminally ill hospice resident Evelyn Breuning, 91, right, sits with music therapist Jen Dunlap in h...