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It's a question being asked by the top Republican and Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee.

Specialty hospitals routinely focus on cardiac care, orthopedics and surgery.

They are owned or partially owned by the physicians who work in them.

In late 2003, Congress approved an 18-month moratorium designed to limit their numbers while the government analyzed their impact on health care.

Under the moratorium, physician investors in new hospitals may not refer Medicare or Medicaid patients to those hospitals, which essentially limits their funding.

Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt recently acknowledged that a Portland, Ore., hospital began operations and billed Medicare despite the moratorium.

Focus on the hospital intensified after a patient's death.

In a letter sent to Leavitt on Wednesday, Sens.

Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, and Max Baucus, D-Mont., called his acknowledgment unsettling.

"It only continues to raise more questions about [the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services] enforcement of the 18-month moratorium and whether CMS continues to provide ...

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Laughter really IS the best medicine By JOANNE RICHARD Catherine Lawrence, laugh coach and CLO of Survival of the Funniest.

(Alex Urosevic, Sun) CRACK UP tomorrow ...

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According to some laughter experts, kind-hearted fun on April Fool's Day promotes happiness and health all-around.

"April Fool's is a good reminder to lighten up - whole-hearted laughter bonds people together and the best part is that it's contagious," says laughter expert Steve Wilson, adding that "the richest laugh is at no one's expense....