Jan. 16, 2009—Rapid and widespread privatization in several former states of the Soviet Union and former Soviet satellites in Eastern Europe in the early 1990s contributed to rising mortality rates, particularly in Russia, according to a study published Thursday. NYT A6
--Last fall, as Federal Reserve and Treasury Department officials rode to the rescue of one financial institution after another, they took great pains to avoid doing anything that smacked of nationalizing banks. They may no longer have that luxury. NYT B1
--Out-of-network doctors and hospitals are typically reimbursed “usual and customary” charges, determined by what insurers calculate is the going rate in a given area. But the charges arrived at are often below what the doctor or hospital actually bills, leaving patients to pay the difference. Mr. Cuomo said his investigation revealed those rates were often 10% to 28% ;ess than actual charges. WSJ B3
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