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How a 'simple procedure' cost a college student $2,782 in medical bills at Philly emergency room

Philly-area hospitals, medical schools team up to find better ways to treat brain tumors

Protesters fill Center City streets as Trump addresses GOP at Loews Hotel

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Conservative group running anti-Obamacare Snapchat filters for GOP retreat in Philly

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Protesters jam Market Street outside Republican retreat at Loews Hotel

MS patient finally gets meeting with Toomey's office to discuss ACA repeal

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Rebounding from heroin, an unconventional way: JoAnn's story

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WATCH: Jimmy Kimmel proves some people still don't know Obamacare and Affordable Care Act are the same

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Philly organization hands out $150,000 in grants to develop medical devices for children

How your friends and family could help you get healthier

$6 million fund to be available to digital health startups in Philly area

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Drexel researchers awarded $3 million to test innovative gadget that heals chronic wounds

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Effort created to reduce health disparities in North Philadelphia

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Jefferson, Kennedy Health take step toward completion of merger

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HUP-Penn Presbyterian, CHOP score high in new 'U.S. News' rankings

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#BumpDay: Raising awareness about the need for worldwide maternal health care

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Delco doctor charged in largest Medicare fraud takedown in history

Delco nurse making miracles happen in native Liberia

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University of Pennsylvania study finds frustration in figuring out the cost of X-rays at hospitals

Zooming in on millennials

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Health care mergers may mean higher costs for patients

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Some firms save money by offering employees free surgery

Bernie Sanders' proposals could add less to the national debt than Donald Trump’s

Prices and health care quality: Many consumers don’t see a link

Coming Monday: The transformation of health care

CHOP study: Medicaid, CHIP beat out private insurance in helping low-income children

Bernie Sanders' plan to pay for single-payer system doesn't add up, bipartisan group says

The top health care advances that will dominate headlines in 2016

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CHOP takes a bite out of the Big Apple

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Bethlehem, Pa., hospital network posts prices for procedures upfront on new website

Report: 307,000 veterans died awaiting VA health care

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Union representing Inquirer, Daily News and Philly.com workers authorizes strike

Philly start-up double-checks medical bills

Scientists develop zooming contact lenses

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Nutter urges uninsured to enroll in federal healthcare exchange

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Philadelphia autism report released

Ebola scare: Health care worker escorted from plane in Newark, N.J.

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