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Rising shelter and food costs offset drop in gas prices

Inflation up 0.1% in August, 8.3% for the year

Reports shows 136 rural hospitals have closed in the last decade

AHA: Rural hospital closures threaten care access 

Study shows increases in patient volume and prices after private practices were acquired by private equity firms

Surprise: Private equity wants to squeeze more profits out of physician practices

What are ‘COVID dollars’ and why are the important for valuation and sale price of a healthcare business?

Healthcare Transactions: Why 'COVID Dollars' Are Not All the Same

Dave S. Gilreath, a certified financial planner, is a 40-year veteran of the financial services industry. He established Sheaff Brock Investment Advisors LLC, a portfolio management company based in Indianapolis, with partner Ron Brock in 2001. The firm manages more than $1 billion in assets nationwide.

Stock market turbulence may increase in the coming weeks. Yet investors shouldn’t be looking around for parachutes marked “sell.”

Positioning in a chaotic stock market with key sectors

Since 1960, reinvested dividends have accounted for 84% of the total return of the S&P 500

Dividend investing is a proven strategy for all seasons

Hospitals struggle with decreasing revenue and increasing expenses

Richard Payerchin is associate editor of Medical Economics.

Spike in prices may be coming as food, gas, electricity, labor expenses all rise.

Health care prices lagging behind inflation in overall economy

If a patient owes more than $7,500 in medical debt, you probably aren’t going to collect much from them

Patients often can’t afford to pay off what their insurance leaves behind

Even when eligible for social services, patients rarely recoup the income they have lost due to illness

Patients with multiple chronic conditions are more likely to have high medical debt

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