500 per stitch . Consider this how do hospitals th will it get better or worse with obamacare . Also, an al jazeera exclusive brings new questions to light over irans influentialing program. Plus the Energy Drink Business is exploding with little regulation. We will hear from a doctor whose new study is adding to growing concerns safety. Can you live your life paying for everything by only using online currency . We will be joined by a couple who live in or who lived in banking. Hello. I am antonio mora. We begin with outrageous hospital bills. The mysterious methods hospitals use often puzzle experts. How can it cost one person in california 1,500 to get stitches when the person next to them is charged 500 more and the same treatment in florida could cost over 3,000 . As al jazeeras janet tuboni reports, higher costs do not necessarily equal better care. Renewing a longstanding debate prices. Hospital costs have americans fed up with the system. I think Insurance Companies and hospita
Trip to china, instead it is talking about air space zone. U. S. And other nato leaders are meeting in brussels. The deal would allow u. S. And nato troops to stay in the country until 2014. Hezbollah is blaming [ inaudible ] for the shooting of this man outside of his home in beirut. Those are the headlines. Im stephanie sy. 500 per stitch . Consider this how do hospitals th will it get better or worse with obamacare . Also, an al jazeera exclusive brings new questions to light over irans influentialing program. Plus the Energy Drink Business is exploding with little regulation. We will hear from a doctor whose new study is adding to growing concerns safety. Can you live your life paying for everything by only using online currency . We will be joined by a couple who live in or who lived in banking. Hello. I am antonio mora. We begin with outrageous hospital bills. The mysterious methods hospitals use often puzzle experts. How can it cost one person in california 1,500 to get stitches
He said he will come pain for it until december 23rdrd. Thats the deadline to sign up for insurance coverage. Overseas, Vice President joe biden is in asia trying to ease tensions between japan and china. Countries are fighting over a group of islands. In tokyo today, biden said the u. S. Stands with japan. Those are the headlines at this ho hour. I am John Siegenthaler seeing. Consider th consider this with antone i dont mora is next. You can always get the latest news on acceljazeera. Com. We will see you at 11 00 oclock. Can getting stitches put you in the poor house . Medical costs have skyrocketed with sometimes absurd results. 500 per stitch . Consider this how do hospitals get away with it . Th will it get better or worse with obamacare . Also, an al jazeera exclusive brings new questions to light over irans influentialing program. Plus the Energy Drink Business is exploding with little regulation. We will hear from a doctor whose new study is adding to growing concerns about th
And rebels. Human Rights Groups say about a thousand people have been killed so far this month. 25 years after the lockerbie bombing are remembering victims. 273 people were killed when pan a. M. Flight exploded over scotland. A kink in holidays travel plans, the system is prompting warnings from the east coast to the plains states. That includes ice, snow and reports of tornados. Those are the headlines. Real money is up next on Al Jazeera America. You can always find us online at Al Jazeera America aljazeera. Com. Its the beginning of the end for the fed stimulus program. I will tell you what that means for mortgage rates, the broader economy and you. Taxes in america, sure, the rich get hit hard but the middle class and the poor shoulder their share, too. I will break it down for you. Also, the boss is watching you. American workers under surveillance on the job like never before. And what you dont know about tracking technology, i am ali velshi, and this is real money. This is real
Network wide conversation on americas middle class rebuilding the dream. Most americans can agree that the middle class is in crisis, squeeze ed by years of job losses, 44 of americans today say they belong to the middle class but look thats down from the 44 said they did back in 2008 when the recession hit. Theres no accepted definition of what the middle class is but economists define it by income. We have defined americas middle class. Households of incomes anywhere from 40 to 100,000 a year. Middle income families across americas diversity who have similar dreams and spire aspirations for families, access to health care and a College Education for their children. Saver enough to live confidentably in retirement. For many comfortably in retirement. For some context, Median Household Income in the United States was 51,351 a year in 2012. Median means half of all households earned more and half earned less. Now this number adjusted for inflation is 7 lower than it was in 2008. In fact