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Patients and employers accuse not-for-profit Indiana hospital of price gouging

Patients and employers accuse not-for-profit Indiana hospital of price gouging



Lawmakers and residents speak out against Parkview after the Guardian investigated the hospital chain for high costsLast fall, Doug Allen, the president of a plastic molding firm in Brimfield, Indiana, was forced into a difficult decision.Since 2007, the costs of his employees’ health insurance had shot up around 275%, expenditures that were eating into his profit margins and far outpacing the rate of inflation, according to his records. But Allen didn’t blame his small local insurer. Continue reading…



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Author : George Joseph

Publish date : 2024-10-24 18:47:07

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