Health Costs Rise 7.5 Pct in First Half of 2004
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Health insurance may be out of reach  for more Americans as medical costs rose faster than worker  income in the first half of the year, according to a closely  watched survey released on Thursday.
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Employers&#39; healthcare costs are expected to increase by an average of 11.3 percent in 2005, which outpaces inflation but is lower than 12.
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Annual growth in U.S. health-care spending increased slightly in 2006 and continued to outpace inflation and the nation's overall economic growth, government researchers said in a report released on Tuesday.
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Medicare premiums for doctor visits will rise about 17.4 percent next year, the Bush administration said yesterday. The $11.60-a-month increase is the largest in the program&#39;s 40-year history.
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U.S. spending on prescription drugs,  hospital care and other health services is expected to double  to $4.1 trillion over the next decade, up from $2.1 trillion in  2006, a government report released on Wednesday found.
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he cost of providing health care to employees has risen 11.2 percent this year, according to the results of an authoritative national survey reported yesterday.
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Spending on prescription drugs rose briskly in 2006 as the Medicare drug benefit kicked in and the government's share of expenditures for medicines surged, according to a federal study to be released today. Overall, health-care spending in the United States continued its climb, rising 6.7 percent...
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WASHINGTON Sept. 4, 2004 - Medicare premiums for doctor visits are going up a record $11.60 a month next year. The Bush administration says the increase reflects a strengthened Medicare, while Democrats complain that seniors are being unfairly socked.
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Employers are facing continued double-digit increases in health care costs in 2005 and likely will require their workers to pay an even greater share of the bill, according to a new survey of more than 900 firms.
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Health-insurance premiums paid by US employers rose 11.2 percent this year, five times as fast as wages, according to a study that may reinforce voters&#39; concerns over rising medical costs.
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Employer-sponsored health insurance premiums rose 11.2 percent this year, registering the fourth consecutive double-digit annual increase and pushing the cost of family coverage under the most common type of plan past $10,000, according to a new survey.
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* Increases of 6 to 7 percent in premiums -- and more in small firms.
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Employer-sponsored health insurance premiums increased an average of 11.2% in 2004 -- less than last yearâs 13.9% increase, but still the fourth consecutive year of double-digit growth, according to the 2004 Annual Employer Health Benefits Survey
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Health premiums rose five times faster than US workers&#39; salaries this year, according to a survey released on Thursday, a trend analysts said is likely to throw more people into the ranks of the uninsured.
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A healthcare advocacy group says health insurance premiums paid by US workers rose nearly three times faster than average earnings in the past four years.
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As many of the nationâs largest employers struggle to control rising retiree health costs, they are asking their retirees to pay more and plan to do so again in 2005, according to new survey results.
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The cost of employer-provided health insurance rose 6.1 percent this year, the smallest jump since 1999 but still well above the increase in wages and consumer prices, according to an annual survey released today by the Kaiser Family Foundation.