Economic View: The More You Pay, the Better the Care? Think Twice
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Several new studies suggest that there is no relationship between the amount spent on treating a patient and the quality and outcome of the care.
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WASHINGTON -- Routine failure to provide needed health care in the United States came with the price tag of $1.8 billion in additional medical costs and up to 79,000 avoidable deaths, according to a new study.
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Sept. 10, 2004 -- American workers&#39; soaring health care costs could have a one small upside: They seem to be spurring companies to get more serious about worker health in a desperate bid to save money.
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A new study found that people spent an extra $1,000 or so on health care in the year after a test screening for cancer raised suspicions that later proved unfounded.
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Health plans with high patient-paid deductibles, embraced by many Republicans as a market-based solution to quell soaring medical-care costs, lead to poorer quality care and increasing patient debt, a study released on Thursday said.
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Statistics don't tell the real story about the state of your finances.
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Bill-paying is getting more and more convenient. But with that convenience comes the possibility of many complications and headaches.
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As competition heats up, we may enjoy better rates and service.
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Projections for 2005 show that most Americans and businesses should be worried about what is becoming the most costly aspect of their daily lives - paying for health care.
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Charging workersâ out-of-pocket costs for medicines may be more than offset by reduced productivity, study finds.
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Increasing revenue and decreasing expenses -- who could ask for more?
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The dramatic increase in health-care spending in the United States since 1960 is a major reason that Americans are living longer, making the world's most expensive health-care system a good value despite its high costs, according to an academic study being released today.
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It's a new way to push for patient safety: Don't pay hospitals when they commit certain errors. Medicare will start hitting hospitals where it hurts in October, and other insurers are hot on the trail
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Make sure you know how much you're paying for your fund.
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Why isnÂt spending on, say, surgery considered good for the economy?
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Our position is: Expansion of government control isn&#39;t the answer to US health-care problems. Soaring health care costs are taking an ever-larger share out of employee paychecks and eating into employer profits.
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Let the patient beware. Going outside your insurerâs network of preferred doctors or hospitals could be more hazardous to your financial health than you suspected.