That non-emergency trip to ER will cost you $250

That non-emergency trip to ER will cost you 0
Have a non-emergency and still want treatment at a Johnson City-area emergency room? That’ll be 0. Few things are thought to increase cost and generally gum up the works in hospitals more than overuse or misuse of emergency departments.
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In World of Throwaways, Making a Dent in Medical Waste
Untold numbers of unused, and reusable, health care supplies and equipment end up in millions of tons of health care industry trash.
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In ‘Lucy’ by Laurence Gonzales, a New Species
In Laurence Gonzales’s novel “Lucy,” a 14-year-old is just like any other Facebook-using teenager except for one thing: she is part human, part ape.
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