Malpractice Costs Up 150% Since 1999, Hospitals Say
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According to a report by a hospital trade group, the cost of medical malpractice insurance in New York City, Westchester County and on Long Island has risen by nearly 150 percent since 1999.
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Violence and abuse against staff costs the NHS more than Â£100m a year, according to a BBC investigation.
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Dec. 14, 2004 - Some of America&#39;s largest employers saw the cost of covering medical care for former workers go up about 25% between 2003 and 2004, continuing a trend that analysts warn is threatening the
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Employers face 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 companies.
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Rite Aid and other pharmacies are losing sales because many large healthcare companies have raised their rates by up to $125 a month recently, and they refuse to fill some drug orders unless an illness is considered life-threatening.
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FREDERICK, Md. -- Doctors in Maryland and around the country are increasingly using methods popularized by labor organizers to counter rising premiums for malpractice coverage.
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Most Americans have gotten sizable life-extending bang for their medical bucks over recent decades, according to a study of health care value.
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In Maryland, requests from state's largest malpractice insurer to raise premiums an average of 41 percent has triggered a fierce debate.
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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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The nation&#39;s health-care cost increases rose sharply again this year, according to global human resources services firm Hewitt Associates, and Phoenix was no exception.
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In trying to explain the ever-rising cost of healthcare, we often fall back on easy answers: It's medical malpractice premiums, high administrative costs, excessive use of testing. Those things matter. But what matters most is progress. Technology gets better, science finds a way to deliver that technology to more people, and our bills go up.
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US Medicare patients&#39; monthly premiums for outpatient care will jump a record US$11.60 next year, while deductibles for hospitalized patients will rise US$36, the biggest increase in 14 years, reported Monday&#39;s China Daily.
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RALEIGH, NC -- A lawyer says two of North Carolina&#39;s largest hospitals are gouging patients who make too much money to get charity care but can&#39;t afford their own health insurance.
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The cost of health insurance premiums in the US rose three times faster than earning over the past four years, according to a report released today from the nonprofit Families USA.
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The Department of Health and Human Services announced Friday afternoon the largest increase ever in Medicare premiums, an increase of over 17 percent that will affect 38.
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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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WASHINGTON - Medicare premiums for doctor visits will rise 17 percent next year, the Bush administration said Friday. The $11.60-a-month increase is the largest in the program's 40-year-history...