Consumers upset about health care
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Workload and doctors who don&#39;t have enough time for patients are cited as causes of medical errors. By Lee Bowman / Scripps Howard News Service.
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As doctors voiced anger at an Annapolis rally yesterday over escalating insurance costs, legislative leaders said they remain far from a consensus on how to address the problem before Maryland physicians&#39; bills come due next month.
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It&#39;s time Gray Matters put up or shut up, instead of merely complaining about what passes for the American health care system.
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Access to affordable health care is the top domestic concern among Americans and a majority say the U.S. government should guarantee health insurance to every American, according to a New York Times/CBS News poll released on Thursday.
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Patient care has suffered, say unions as Guardian analysis shows extent of underspend.
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A rising number of Americans say healthcare is the most critical issue facing America today, and many are having trouble covering the costs, according to a survey released yesterday.
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Callers to the U.S. government&#39;s  hotline for the Medicare health program for senior citizens are  increasingly frustrated by the service, according to a poll  released on Thursday.
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he faults in the American health care system become more glaring with each passing year. Large numbers of Americans have no health insurance at all, and those who do have insurance are faced with soaring premiums
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The financial pressures associated with cancer can have dire consequences for patients, a survey finds.
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NEW YORK  - A growing number of Americans are devoting a large share of their paychecks to healthcare, and some are skipping medical care because of it, researchers reported Tuesday.
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Continuing drug shortages are having far-reaching, negative impacts on patient care and hospital costs, says a survey conducted by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (news - web sites) (ASHP) and pharmacy residents at Johns Hopkins Hospital
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US workers are paying more for health insurance and receiving less than they were four years ago and the situation is particularly acute in several states important in the presidential race, said a consumer group that has been critical
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In Tennessee, nearly a half-million people are warned they could lose their government-supported health care. In Maine, the move is in the opposite direction - the state is expanding its
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The coming split between one of the region's largest doctor groups and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care is making some senior citizens nervous and has sparked a marketing battle between Harvard and rival Tufts Health Plan.
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Consumer-directed health care (CDHC) - high-deductible plans often touted as the answer to spiraling health care costs - is not likely to curb health care costs, and could even worsen health outcomes by reducing patients&#39; receipt of needed preventive care
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Calls for changing the way the government monitors drug safety erupted Friday, as consumer advocates and worried patients zeroed in on testimony that five federally approved medicines posed significant health risks.
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Facing growing consumer concern over soaring costs, America's health insurers are more eager to participate in reform now than in the 1990s, but they will still fight any attempt to reduce their profits, policy experts say.