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Are Inflated Hospital Bills Affecting Your Cost of Care?
In the great debate over why health care costs so much, some have pointed to inflated hospital charges, while others say those sticker prices don't really matter. What is clear, however, is that Southeastern Pennsylvania has a significant cluster of high-price-tag hospitals. Of the 50 hospitals in the nation with the highest markups over cost, six are in the city and its surrounding counties, according to an analysis published Monday; a seventh is 50 miles north. Only Florida, with 20 hospitals on the list scattered around the state, had more than Pennsylvania.
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Va. Supreme Court Says Lower Court Erred in Sweet Briar Case, Sends It Back, As Advocates Cheer
A Virginia Supreme Court ruling Tuesday elated advocates working to keep Sweet Briar College from closing, as justices wrote that a lower court had erred and sent the case back for more arguments. The private women’s college is slated to close this summer, after its president announced what he called “insurmountable financial challenges” in March. Alumnae and others have been working feverishly against the clock to keep it open through lawsuits, fundraising and protests.
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Private Colleges’ Police Departments Prepare for More Public Disclosure
By calling on private-university police forces to expand the range of records they make available to the public, Ohio and Texas are joining a group of states in which lawmakers and the courts have brought reporting requirements at private institutions in line with standards at public ones. The new standards — which arrived in Ohio through a Supreme Court ruling and in Texas through a bill passed by state lawmakers — show broader nationwide conversations about police authority and transparency are trickling down to college campuses.
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Study: Organ Donation Rates Vary Greatly Throughout U.S.
David Goldberg of the Perelman School of Medicine is quoted about participating in a collaborative study that revealed that organ donation rates vary throughout the United States.
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Ex-PSU Student Sues School Over Fraternity Allegations
James Vivenzio says he thought pledging a fraternity at Pennsylvania State University would mean brotherhood and honor. Instead, the 21-year-old from Great Falls, Va., says, he was force-fed buckets of liquor mixed with urine, vomit, and hot sauce; made to guzzle hard alcohol until he vomited; burned on the chest with a cigarette; and once was beaten by a member of Kappa Delta Rho after he failed to participate in a ritual.
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New Texas Law Will Allow Concealed Weapons on Campuses. Now What?
Now that Texas legislators have passed a law allowing concealed weapons to be carried at colleges throughout the state, campus leaders, professors, students, and safety officials will turn to debating what areas of their campuses can be declared gun-free, and how much of each campus can be a designated a gun-free zone. Administrators will have over a year to devise new policies to comply with the legislation, which the state’s Republican governor, Greg Abbott, has said he will sign. Private colleges and universities will have the option of opting out of the requirement.
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When Pain Persists After Breast Cancer Surgery
Rosemary Polomano of the School of Nursing talks about women who are not informed of the risks or ways to reduce risks of pain after a mastectomy.
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Video: Health Insurers Ask Pennsylvania Regulators for Big Rate Increases
Robert Town of the Wharton School is quoted about health-care costs in Pennsylvania.
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How National Security Gave Birth to Bioethics
Jonathan Moreno of the Perelman School of Medicine and the School of Arts & Sciences writes about the impact of national security on the birth of bioethics.
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‘New’ Dinosaur Species Named by State Museum of Pennsylvania Palentologist: Jurassic World in Pa.
Doctoral candidate Steven Jasinski of the School of Arts & Sciences is featured for naming a newly discovered dinosaur.