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The AP's analysis examined rates of so-called high-cost mortgages, including subprime loans and those that required less documentation than traditional mortgages.
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Among the hospitals on the high-cost list are Harvard teaching hospitals Massachusetts General and Brigham and Women's in Boston as well as UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester.
Health insurers offer patients the option of paying extra for higher-priced care 2011
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From a Siemens perspective, some of our wind projects are already competitive with gas in some areas where there's high-cost power on the margin and where we have a very windy area.
The Future of... 2011
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An actual workable policy would be to encourage low-skill, low-wage Mexicans to stay in a lower-cost economy rather than coming to a high-cost economy and encourage the Mexicangovernment to take care of their own people.
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In fact, Latinos were 30% more likely than Whites to receive high-cost loans when buying their homes, despite qualifying for standard prime loans.
Janis Bowdler: Latino Losses Jeopardize America's Economic Future Janis Bowdler 2011
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Among the hospitals on the high-cost list are Harvard teaching hospitals Massachusetts General and Brigham and Women's in Boston as well as UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester.
Health insurers offer patients the option of paying extra for higher-priced care 2011
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The first place to look is to high-cost items that are not really matters of life and death.
Make Yourself Unforgettable Dale Carnegie 2011
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When consumers and employers pick health plans, some increasingly are being offered a trade-off these days: They can get a hefty break on their premiums if they agree to pay more out-of-pocket when they use certain high-cost providers in their network or if they cut those providers out of their network altogether.
Health insurers offer patients the option of paying extra for higher-priced care 2011
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The limits are set to decline modestly at the end of September to roughly $625,500 from the current $729,750 maximum in high-cost areas such as New York and Los Angeles.
Government Stays Glued to Mortgage Market Nick Timiraos 2011
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When consumers and employers pick health plans, some increasingly are being offered a trade-off these days: They can get a hefty break on their premiums if they agree to pay more out-of-pocket when they use certain high-cost providers in their network or if they cut those providers out of their network altogether.
Health insurers offer patients the option of paying extra for higher-priced care 2011
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