10/24/2009 02:50 PM | Via: New West

The Uneven Cost of Rural Health Care

In Whitefish, Montana, the average yearly cost of taking care of a Medicare patient over a three-year period ending in 2006 was $3,950.Across the country in the Florida Panhandle town of Graceville, the cost of tending a Medicare patient during the same time was... read the full story

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Montana [...] In Whitefish, Montana , the average yearly cost of taking care of a [...] rural Florida hospital than in one town in rural Montana . The map above shows the wide range of costs [...]

Whitefish [...] In Whitefish , Montana, the average yearly cost of taking care [...] in Graceville are poorer than people in Whitefish , it’s true. But the difference in cost of [...]

Graceville [...] the country in the Florida Panhandle town of Graceville , the cost of tending a Medicare patient during [...] the same time was nearly $15,500. People in Graceville are poorer than people in Whitefish, it’s [...]

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