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1. Coronavirus tests are needed for international travel. But they can cost more than a flight

Author

Berger, Miriam

Subjects
Epidemics -- Control -- United States, International travel regulations -- Health aspects, Medical screening -- Prices and rates, Company pricing policy, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Miriam Berger Thinking of traveling internationally? On top of uncertainty over waves linked to the delta variant and the emergence of the omicron variant, there's the matter of those [...]

Published
2021

2. A $380 Covid Test, and the Law That Allows It

Author

Kliff, Sarah

Subjects
Health care industry -- Prices and rates -- Services -- Cases, Insurance industry -- Cases, Price gouging -- Cases, Medical screening -- Prices and rates, Company legal issue, Health care industry, Insurance industry, Company pricing policy, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Insurers say it's price-gouging, but a law left an opening for some labs to charge any price they wished. At the drugstore, a rapid Covid test usually costs less than [...]

Published
2021

3. $14,000 for a coronavirus test? Insurers claim 'price gouging'

Author

Alltucker, Ken

Subjects
Health care industry -- Cases, Price gouging -- Cases, Medical screening -- Prices and rates, Company legal issue, Health care industry, Company pricing policy, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY Jonathan McHale's son took two coronavirus tests within 10 days at a pharmacy in Arlington, Virginia, and McHale was astonished at the price. The total [...]

Published
2021

4. Travel sick: The great holiday Covid test rip-off

Author

Quinton, Matt

Subjects
Malta -- Description and travel, Epidemics -- Control -- United Kingdom, Travelers -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Health aspects, Medical screening -- Prices and rates, Government regulation, Company pricing policy, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Political science
Abstract

Iholidayed in Malta last month with my partner, having chosen it because it was on the 'green list'. Foolishly, I assumed this would mean we could waltz back to the [...]

Published
2021

5. The consumer: waking up to major colonoscopy bills

Author

Rabin, Roni Caryn

Subjects
Medical care, Cost of, Colonoscopy -- Economic aspects, Hypnotics -- Usage -- Economic aspects, Sedatives -- Usage -- Economic aspects, Medical screening -- Prices and rates, Company pricing policy, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Patients who undergo colonoscopy usually receive anesthesia of some sort in order to ''sleep'' through the procedure. But as one Long Island couple discovered recently, it can be a very [...]

Published
2012

6. 'Free' health screenings vary widely in costs

Author

Kennedy, Kelly

Subjects
United States. Department of Health and Human Services -- Powers and duties, Medical care, Cost of -- Economic aspects -- Forecasts and trends, Health care reform -- Planning, Medical screening -- Prices and rates, Company business planning, Market trend/market analysis, Company pricing policy, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Kelly Kennedy, USA TODAY A new report shows costs vary as much as 700% for some preventive examinations, and as the federal health care law increases demand for those [...]

Published
2012

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