Hospital prices for the same emergency care vary up to 16X, study finds


by Ars Technica

Ars Technica— Hospitals' "trauma activation fees" are unregulated and extremely variable.

The Guardian—Supreme court to hear rightwing challenge to emergency abortion care in hospitals – live. Justices consider abortion issue again with Emtala case, two years after the conservative majority overturned Roe v Wade.

Global News—Study finds First Nations patients are more likely to leave ER without care. Although the research was conducted in Alberta, researchers say the findings likely apply to emergency department visits across Canada.

Dorset Eye—Study finds that we are much more likely to find an Einstein on the political left. A provocative fresh study has unearthed a correlation between left-wing convictions and both elevated intelligence quotient (IQ) scores and genetic markers thought to be linked with heightened intelligence. As elucidated by psychology researchers at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities in their novel paper, published in the journal Intelligence, a plethora of intelligence assessments revealed […]