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Banning Hospital Advertising

Monday, 03/15/10 Noon and 7pm

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From television ads designed to attract patients to glossy booklets promoting capital campaigns, hospital marketing and advertising has become common.

Now some Vermont legislators are contemplating banning it as one way to control health care costs. The idea is getting mixed reviews from the state's hospitals.

We'll talk with House Health Care Committee Chairman Rep. Steve Maier and with Bea Grause, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Vermont Association Of Hospitals And Health Systems. Listen


Also, when VPR's Mitch Wertlieb went missing in November, listeners wondered where he was.  The answer: having his hip replaced.  Mitch was one 300,000 people who had the surgery last year and we'll hear about the procedure, the post-op recovery, and whether Mitch is now ready to hit the ski slopes. Listen