Health care costs bruising economy
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Premiums for job-based health insurance jumped 11.2 percent on average this year across the nation, according to a survey released Thursday, the latest evidence of a painful rise in medical costs that is placing an increasingly heavy burden on employers
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A worsening shortage of doctors, insurance premium costs growing faster than incomes, a gray and sick population scattered over a rural state - darker days lie
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LANCASTER, Pa.  - Excessive eating, smoking and  drinking by Americans was partially responsible for rising  health care costs causing a drag on the U.S. economy, Treasury  Secretary John Snow said on Tuesday.
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As rising health costs erode profits, U.S. corporations are expected to warm up to health care reform under the next president -- a prospect that would have been unthinkable just a few years ago.
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LANCASTER, Pa.  - Excessive eating, smoking and  drinking by Americans is partially responsible for rising  health care costs causing a drag on the U.S. economy, Treasury  Secretary John Snow said on Tuesday.
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Experts say rising health insurance costs are causing problems for start-ups and keeping some would-be entrepreneurs from starting businesses.
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Onus is on workers to buy health insurance as rising costs force firms to end perk.
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The cost crunch in health care is being made one of the most potent domestic issues of the election year.
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The most authoritative report on the cost of health insurance came out Tuesday, and itÂs sure to cause some new outrage.
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With soaring insurance costs squeezing workers and employers, votersâ choices this November may well be swayed by an issue that has great personal significance to Americans and their pocketbooks: health care.
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Strong evidence that health insurance costs are slowing the national jobs recovery offers yet another reason to re-examine the policy of tethering health care coverage to employment.
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SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- The national hand-wringing over rapidly rising health-care costs generally ignores one point that at least some people find hard to miss: Many patients are getting much better results for their money than they did in the past.
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More than a quarter of growth in health care spending over the past 15 years is due to obesity, and experts say prevention is key to control soaring costs.
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For older domestic manufacturers like General Motors, health care represents a severe financial burden.
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In the past four years, Americans have spent an ever-growing portion of their paychecks on health care and for the most part gotten less for their money, forcing millions into the ranks of
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A big reason for the high cost of health insurance is the explosion of expensive, medically questionable care.
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With the rising cost of health care and over 45-million Americans uninsured, many believe America&#39;s healthcare system needs work.