The Engaged Electorate
"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be." Thomas Jefferson
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David Horsey / The Los Angeles Times
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As part of the Obama administration’s work to make our health care system more affordable and accountable, data are being released that show significant variation across the country and within communities in what hospitals charge for common inpatient services.

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At the Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center in Bronx, NY a medical procedure cost $38k. That same procedure cost $637k at the Stanford Hospital in Stanford, CA.
A new report released by the federal government raises questions about how exactly hospitals determine the cost of treatment, after it revealed that facilities across the country are charging wildly different amounts for the same medical procedures.
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If businesses were run more akin to this, maybe income inequality could be curbed, if only a bit.

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17:00 Interactive Map: Terror Attacks in America Since 1970
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Casualty Reports

1stLt. Brandon J. Landrum, 26, of Lawton, Okla., 

Staff Sgt. Francis G. Phillips IV, 28, of Meridian, N.Y.,

Spc. Kevin Cardoza, 19, of Mercedes, Texas,

Spc. Thomas P. Murach, 22, of Meridian, Idaho, and

Spc. Brandon J. Prescott, 24, of Bend, Ore.

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Casualty Reports

Staff Sgt. Eric D. Christian, 39, of Warwick, N.Y., 

Cpl. David M. Sonka, 23, of Parker, Colo. 

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