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Why patients are getting hit with surprise hospital fees for routine medical care

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Summary
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72% Informative

Hospital systems have been buying up medical practices at a rapid pace.

Patients getting routine medical care are being hit with high costs and unexpected hospital fees.

Special correspondent Megan Thompson reports on-camera for PBS NewsHour Weekend .

Her report " Costly Generics " earned an Emmy nomination and won Gracie and National Headliner Awards .

VR Score

78

Informative language

80

Neutral language

60

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

48

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

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no external sources

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