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Since insurers pay more for patients with surgical complications, some hospitals could actually lose money by improving care, researchers said Tuesday.

Health-care facilities are making accommodations to take care of their heaviest patients.

Hospitals in debt-ridden Ireland will send some patients home at weekends after the country’s public health services announced fresh cuts, according to a media report Friday.

Same-sex partners must get the same privileges granted heterosexual couples in hospitals that get Medicare or Medicaid funds, he says in a memo.

President Obama late Thursday ordered most hospitals in the country to grant the same visitation rights to gay and lesbian partners that they do to married heterosexual couples.

With an overhaul, Congress would be giving the health care industry millions of customers in the next few years.

U.S. hospitals rarely publish measurements of their quality. But Pennsylvania has found that publishing results can prompt improvement, and that good care is often less expensive than bad care.

Three major hospital associations have offered to contribute about $155 billion over 10 years to help pay for a U.S. healthcare overhaul, The Washington Post reported on Monday, citing industry sources.