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367			<h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://avlwatchdog.org/same-knee-surgery-twice-the-price-hospital-monopolies-push-up-healthcare-costs/" rel="bookmark">Same knee surgery, twice the price: Hospital monopolies push up healthcare costs</a></h2>					</header><!-- .entry-header -->
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374			<span class="posted-on"><a href="https://avlwatchdog.org/same-knee-surgery-twice-the-price-hospital-monopolies-push-up-healthcare-costs/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2026-08-12T13:42:29-04:00">August 12, 2026</time><time class="updated" datetime="2026-08-12T13:47:13-04:00">August 12, 2026</time></a></span>				</div><!-- .meta-info -->
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377			<p>More than a million times a year, a U.S. surgeon slices open a knee, strips out worn cartilage, caps the leg bones with metal, and drops in a plastic spacer to allow the new joint to glide. While knee replacement procedures have become standard, however, the prices charged have not. At Catawba Valley Medical Center [&hellip;]</p>
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