Should patients pay for missed appointments?
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A survey has found that the majority of doctors are in favour of fining non-attending patients. Would you pay for a missed GP appointment?
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Rail passengers are missing out on cheap tickets because timetables are being released too late for early discount bookings, a consumer group warns.
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Two-thirds of chronically ill patients failed to tell their doctors they would have to skimp on their medicines because of cost, according to a new study published yesterday.
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IN THE EARLY DAYS of credit cards, lenders didn't market to deadbeats with a history of paying their bills late or missing payments. But as late fees and interest charges became a prime source of revenue, credit card issuers no longer put a priority on being paid back - at least not quickly.
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The NHS has been hit by a Â£180m compensation bill for incorrectly charging patients for nursing care.
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Surgical treatment of migraine reduced missed work days by 73 percent and significantly lowered the annual cost of migraine care for patients, according to a study in the
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Patients who are violent to NHS staff should be made to pay for their treatment, under Lib Dem proposals.
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The NHS is failing to offer sufficient out-of-hours GP care for severely ill patients, experts say.
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Perhaps the worst that will happen in millions of offices on the second Monday in March is that caffeine-deprived workers will wonder why their automatic coffeemakers failed to perk on schedule. In less lucky workplaces, however, employees might miss meetings, overbook conference rooms or...
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Patients are not receiving the best care they could be because of the 48-hour GP access target.
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Almost every accountant has a story about a small business client who showed up on April 10 or thereabouts, expecting to start work on a company or personal income tax return. Or, worse, a client who showed up with a shoebox full of receipts and invoices, also expecting to get a return done in short order.
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Tired of parents pulling their kids out of school for a ski trip or a visit to Disneyland, the local school system is billing them for the missed class time at $36.13 per day.
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By Pamela Yip, The Dallas Morning News  Dec. 11--Shopping for telephone service, a cellphone plan, cable TV or an electricity provider can be exasperating.   The kaleidoscope of offers, hidden fees and charges, and frustrating customer service can leave you bug-eyed.
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Almost nine million people miss GP appointments each year, a survey has suggested.
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Stark evidence that high medical payments do not buy high-quality patient care is presented in a new study.
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These days, I need more paperwork to see a doctor than I do to buy a house. In my recent quest to see an orthopedist, I encountered a receptionist who wanted my Social Security (news - web
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Czech patients are to start paying doctors for visits, in a controversial healthcare shake-up.