Hospital Bill Shocker, Bangladesh Tragedy, The Truth About Jobless Benefits And More

May 8, 2013 Subscribe · Forward U.S. Releases Thousands Of Records Showing Wildly Differing Hospital Prices When a patient arrives at Bayonne Hospital Center in New Jersey requiring treatment for the respiratory ailment known as COPD, or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, she faces an official price tag of $99,690. Less than 30 miles away in the Bronx, N.Y., the Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center charges only $7,044 for the same treatment, according to a massive federal database of national health care costs made public on Wednesday. Continue reading... Bangladesh Building Collapse Death Toll Passes 800 KFC Worker's Plight Illustrates Exactly What's Wrong With Our Economy The Truth About How Unemployment Benefits Alter The Job Search LOOK: McDonald's Response To Ohio Kidnapping Hero Man's Basement Invention Catches Army's Attention Hospital Bill Shocker: U.S. Releases Thousands Of Records Showing Huge, Wildly Differing Prices Hospital Bill Shocker: U.S. Releases Thousands Of Records Showing Huge, Wildly Differing Prices Study: Work Kills 150 Americans Every Day Hospital Bill Shocker: U.S. Releases Thousands Of Records Showing Huge, Wildly Differing Prices LOOK: Jack Lew's Awful Signature Gets A Makeover LOOK: McDonald's Response To Ohio Kidnapping Hero ARIANNA HUFFINGTON Postcard From Tokyo: What Zen, Haiku and Tea Have to Do With Surviving the Financial Crisis Japan's spirit is being tested by the same recession and financial crisis afflicting all industrialized nations. But paradoxically, there are answers to be found to Japan's very modern crises in its most ancient traditions. There are shrines and temples and gardens everywhere. It is common to see monks meditating and easy to join them in meditation. And the latest twist is Buddhist temples using Zen meditation, cold-water ablutions and other traditional ceremonial practices to help young people looking for jobs! By taking its traditions and adapting them to solve new problems, by going both forward and backward, both outward and inward -- juxtapositions that in Japan don't have to be contradictions -- the people of Japan are poised find a new and vibrant balance for the 21st century. Continue reading... DAN SOLIN A Chink in the Mandatory Arbitration Armor If your broker is enthused at the prospect of resolving claims against him in a system administered by an organization that receives financial support from the brokerage industry, you know it's a terrible idea. Continue reading... DEAN BAKER Moody's Gets Faddish on Public Pensions The bond-rating agency Moody's made itself famous for giving subprime mortgage backed securities triple-A ratings at the peak of the housing bubble. Well, Moody's is back. They announced plans to change the way they treat pension obligations in assessing state and local government debt. Continue reading... SEAMUS MCKIERNAN Did McDonald's Cross the Line in Tweet About Ohio Kidnapping Case? Who doesn't agree that the victims deserve privacy, and the hero praise? But in the immediate wake of the disturbing story of kidnapping and abuse, why would McDonald's tweet about the story at all? Continue reading... ETHAN ROME Big Pharma CEOs Rake in $1.57 Billion in Pay For people who were blown away to learn recently that the 11 largest global pharmaceutical companies made an astonishing $711 billion in profits over the last decade, here's another measure of the industry's greed. Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here. Unsubscribe here. Huffington Post, 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003