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Hospitals Closing — Why Rural Hospitals Keep Closing — and What Comes Next

The economics behind rural hospital closures, the numbers behind the trend, and the Rural Emergency Hospital model Medicare built to replace lost beds.

Tobias Lange

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Hospitals in Worcester MA: Navigating the Local System

Worcester runs on two hospital models: an academic flagship and a community hospital downtown. Here is how the services split, and how to pick the right door.

Grace Mensah

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Health Insurance Coverage Types, Explained Simply: HMO, PPO, EPO and POS

The four health insurance coverage types explained in plain language: what HMO, PPO, EPO and POS each mean for networks, referrals, out-of-network costs and picking a plan.

Nikki Roberts

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Air Ambulance Crew Story — The Air-Medical Crew: Who Flies the Sickest Patients, and What the Ride Costs

Flight nurses, pilots and the machinery of critical care transport — and why the bill that follows is often the hardest part to predict.

Renata Silva

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Hospitals Near Me: How to Find the Right Hospital Near You

How to pick the right hospital before an emergency chooses: quality report cards, insurance fit, published price files, and the drive time that rules in a crisis.

Tobias Lange

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News — Maqui Berry: What the Evidence Supports, and What It Doesn't

A Chilean berry with unusual anthocyanin levels is drawing research attention. Most of the evidence so far comes from lab dishes and mice, not people.

Renata Silva