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Costly mistakes.(Your Letters)(Letter to the editor)
The July 2008 article "Too Much Treatment?" says that Medicare will stop paying for most treatment of bedsores, hospital infections, and other problems caused by hospital treatment of the patient. This is to stop hospitals from making money treating their own mistakes. But if Medicare doesn't pay, the hospital will just bill the patient. So the patient, rather than the insurance, pays the hospital for the cost of its mistakes. More to the point would be a prohibition on billing anyone for curing the problems they caused. If they had to "eat the cost," they would have more motivation to prevent those problems rather than cause them. ...
- VIRGINIA BEACH TO VOTE ON LIGHT RAIL DEC. 17: CITY, REGION NEED...
- Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot December 3, 1996 700+ words
On Dec. 17, Virginia Beach City Council once again will consider...already expressed support. If Virginia Beach also gets aboard, TRT will be...year transportation plan. Without Virginia Beach's approval, this region will...
- VIRGINIA BEACH'S NEWSPAPER CAPER A LOT OF GARBAGE.(FRONT)(Editorial)
- Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot August 29, 1996 700+ words
[Amid controversy last spring, Virginia Beach terminated its agreement with the Southeastern...garbage collection. But the people of Virginia Beach are better than that. Even after the...now broken trust with the people of Virginia Beach and that was the most important factor...
- VIRGINIA BEACH AIMING TO HOST NATIONAL PREPS SPORTS FESTIVAL.(SPORTS)
- Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot July 2, 2004 700+ words
...Byline: KYLE TUCKER THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT VIRGINIA BEACH -- The Virginia Beach Pavilion was buzzing this week with almost...Association's Open Wrestling Championships. The Virginia Beach Convention and Visitors Bureau estimates the...
- Lack of Virginia Beach, Va., Land Hurts Habitat for Humanity Program.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News July 28, 2003 700+ words
...Tribune Business News Jul. 28--VIRGINIA BEACH, Va.--This week it's Chesapeake...in Portsmouth. Before that, it was Virginia Beach. Katina Gilliam and her son are ready...problem. Affordable land is so scarce in Virginia Beach that no other reasonable lots are available...
- Your Letters.(Virginia Beach Beacon)
- Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot August 6, 2006 700+ words
...the city of Moss, Norway. For many Virginia Beach residents the name Moss should sound...barque Dictator, which sank just off Virginia Beach in 1891. Despite efforts by the men...the Norwegian Lady was presented to Virginia Beach by the citizens of Moss. Facing east...
- LETTERS TO THE EDITOR - VIRGINIA BEACH.(VIRGINIA BEACH BEACON)(Letter to the...
- Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot February 21, 1997 700+ words
...Senior tournaments to be held in Virginia Beach, makes me ponder my decision to spend my retirement in Virginia Beach. I belong to the Tidewater Seniors...taken up with a gentleman from the Virginia Beach Parks and Recreation Department...
- TALE OF TWO CITIES: VIRGINIA BEACH MAY SOON END OPERATION OF THE COLONIAL HOME...
- Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot April 13, 2003 700+ words
...oldest historic treasures in Virginia Beach, is tied up in a custody battle...between the cities of Norfolk and Virginia Beach. Unless issues over ownership...located in the Bayside area of Virginia Beach, the house is owned by the...
- Virginia Beach-N.C. Water Fight Boils Over; Rivals Intensify Challenges on Lake...
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post Toni Locy July 26, 1994 700+ words
Virginia Beach and North Carolina are at war over...Virginia. Equally important is whether Virginia Beach can simply take what it wants from...as a straw to suck the water out. Virginia Beach, under tight water restrictions for...
