Hospitals’ Struggles To Beat Back Familiar Infections Began Before Ebola Arrived

Each year about 75,000 patients die from infections they caught in the hospital. A KHN analysis of federal data shows that nearly 700 hospitals have higher than expected rates of infection for at least one condition.
Read: High Infection Rates Vary By State
Listen: Reporter Jordan Rau Talks About The Infections Oct 21

Poll: Uninsured Still Know Little About Health Law
Almost nine of 10 uninsured Americans – the group most likely to benefit — don’t know that the law’s second open enrollment period begins Nov. 15. OCT 21


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