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Cash Up Front or Else -- Why Hospitals Are Gouging Their Patients

Cash Up Front or Else -- Why Hospitals Are Gouging Their PatientsHealth care crisisI find it disgusting that people in the US are subjected to this kind of treatment. We are 1st world right? Why dont they send someone over to Taiwan and inspect their medical infrastructure and systems. My...

Tags: HEALTHCARE, Vertical industries, Financial Planning, Benefits, hospital, Cash Up Front, insurance, health care, patient

Discussion threads 2008-04-29

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The Head Cat

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] THE HEAD CAT is a collaboration between Lemmy Kilmister Motorhead, Slim Jim Phantom The Stray Cats, and Danny B Harvey (Rockats, 13 Cats, Lonesome Spurs). Although they've been playing together for about six years, they've only played shows here and there over the last two. As...

Articles 2008-07-01

Mercator Closes US$42 million Silver Sale Transaction with Silver Wheaton

TRADING SYMBOL: TSX - ML VANCOUVER, June 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Mercator Minerals Ltd. ("Mercator") is pleased to announce today that its wholly-owned affiliate has closed the previously announced agreement with an affiliate ("Silver Wheaton") of Silver Wheaton Corp. for the sale of the life-of-mine silver production from...

Articles 2008-06-12

ROO'S pounds 10M LOAN ON HIMSELF

WAYNE has taken out a pounds 10million "mortgage"... on himself. He clinched the extraordinary deal with a South African investment bank just over two weeks ago. The loan will be guaranteed by future off-pitch earnings including book deals, sponsorship and advertising contracts....

Articles 2008-06-08

Seven bidders tipped to join RBS auction

Private equity firms accused of 'mischief making' in run-up to sale of insurance arm Advisers to Royal Bank of Scotland RBS are thought to have whittled down a list of interested bidders for its 6bn insurance business to seven parties ahead of the first-round auction deadline on...

Articles 2008-05-25

CuraGen Sells 5 Million TopoTarget Shares for Approximately $12 Million

BRANFORD, Conn., May 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CuraGen Corporation announced today the completion of a series of privately negotiated transactions in which the Company sold the 5,000,000 shares of TopoTarget common stock issued to the Company as partial payment for the sale of CuraGen's ownership in belinostat. After...

Articles 2008-05-22

Editorial: Leasing the Turnpike

A Spanish company's $12.8 billion bid to lease the Pennsylvania Turnpike is not, as Gov. Rendell said, a "slam dunk." The proposed lease is a drastic step, with a huge short-term payoff but many risks. Now it's up to the General Assembly to provide a clear-eyed assessment of whether the...

Articles 2008-05-21

Cronheim stores up cash

Cronheim's David Turley has arranged financing of $8,000,000 for Village at Countryside in Clearwater, Florida. The 60% leveraged financing carries a 10-year term with a 20-year amortization schedule. Village at Countryside is a 104,011 s/f shopping center anchored by a Macy's Furniture store located on US Route 19...

Articles 2008-05-21

Parking: The eternal debate

Most days Shivani Massari just wants to show up for her job at a restaurant in White Plains, work the shift and leave at the end of the night with a little cash in her pocket. And, most days, it's not that simple. "Parking is really bad here," she...

Articles 2008-05-12

Compulinx CEO freed from jail

Terrence Chalk was freed on bail last month after spending more than a year in jail, according to court documents filed with the U.S. District Court in White Plains. The former CEO of White Plains-based computer managed services company Compulinx was arrested in October 2006 by FBI agents at...

Articles 2008-05-05

All judges give De La Hoya at least 11 rounds

Oscar De La Hoya showed he could still beat a contender. Next up is cashing in again like a champion. In what was little more than a tuneup for a much bigger fight, De La Hoya kicked off his retirement tour Saturday night before an appreciative...

Articles 2008-05-04

Oz National class battle continues.

Look past the front gaggle of cars at this weekend's third round of the Kumho Tyres Australian Formula 3 Championship and you're likely to see a battle just as intense as the one raging for the outright lead. The Formula 3 National class has exploded in 2008 with...

Articles 2008-04-24

Neptune dishes cash up front in portfolios.

Byline: Oliver Shah Managers in defensive mood for multi-asset and world portfolios in volatile market Neptune Investment Management is maintaining a defensive stance across its multi-asset and world portfolios, keeping cash levels high - even on typically racier...

Articles 2008-04-21

Jordan Islamists warn of social 'explosion'

AMMAN AFP — Jordan's main opposition party the Islamic Action Front IAF warned on Monday of social unrest as a result of "insufficient" government policies to tackle soaring prices in the cash-strapped country. "People's patience has limits, and I think that in the coming days there will be...

Articles 2008-04-14

Jamie Oliver and Sainsbury's team up to feed cash-strapped families for a fiver.

M2 PRESSWIRE-27 March 2008-Jamie Oliver: Jamie Oliver and Sainsbury's team up to feed cash-strapped families for a fiverC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:27032008 Core Facts: - Jamie Oliver and Sainsbury's team up to put affordable nutritious meals for four on...

Articles 2008-03-27

Prosecutors indict 19 in mortgage fraud scheme

SACRAMENTO -- Federal prosecutors Monday announced indictments in a mortgage scheme that victimized more than 100 homeowners and siphoned off nearly $13 million in home equity. Dozens of people in California and elsewhere lost their homes in the scam, which prosecutors say was led by Charles...

Articles 2008-03-25

Mortgage fraud bust nets 19 arrests

SACRAMENTO -- Federal prosecutors Monday announced indictments in a mortgage scheme that victimized more than 100 homeowners and siphoned off nearly $13 million in home equity. Dozens of people in California and elsewhere lost their homes in the scam, which prosecutors say was led by Charles...

Articles 2008-03-25

Think about troubled marriage, not earrings

Dear Abby: I recently turned 40, and because I don't get along with my husband "Ted's" family, I chose to celebrate out of town with my parents and siblings. At the end of my five-day trip, Ted picked me up at the airport and barely greeted me. He waited three...

Articles 2008-03-20

Variable prepaid forward contracts will be scrutinized by IRS.(ENFORCEMENT)

Variable prepaid forward contracts will be scrutinized by IRS. These are stock purchase agreements for executives with appreciated stock who want to monetize their holdings. Typically, the executive contracts with a lender to deliver a variable number of shares in a few years in exchange for...

Articles 2008-03-20

BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION REVEALS MARRIAGE HEADED FOR TROUBLE

DEAR ABBY: I recently turned 40, and because I don't get along with my husband "Ted's" family, I chose to celebrate out of town with my parents and siblings. At the end of my five-day trip, Ted picked me up at the airport and barely greeted me. He waited three...

Articles 2008-03-15