Momentum Builds for U.S. Role in Paying Highest Health Costs
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Politicians are pushing an idea to fight high health costs by shielding employers from the most expensive medical cases.
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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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UnitedHealth Group Inc., one of the largest providers of health insurance in the United States, has paid $20 million to 37 states in order to settle claims processing problems, according to the New York State Department of Insurance.
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The cost of providing health care to employees has risen 11.2 percent this year, according to an authoritative national survey reported Thursday.
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Health insurance premiums rose five  times faster than U.S. workers' salaries this year, according  to a survey released on Thursday that also showed slippage in  the percentage of American workers covered by employer health  plans.
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Public health costs (Medicaid) are undermining development prospects for many state in the USA. In the state of Pennsylvania, 25% of its $51 billion budget will be dedicated to health care for the less well off.
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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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Federal officials say rising costs, increased payments and some new benefits mean Medicare must raise its Part B premium 17% next year for most of the nearly 42 million seniors and disabled people covered by the program.
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Health care is expected to account for $1 of every $5 spent in the United States in another decade.
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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 yesterday by the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.
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The ballooning cost of cancer treatment offers an example of how difficult it may be to rein in the nationâs runaway health care spending.
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The cost of providing health care to employees has risen 11.2 per cent this year, according to the results of an authoritative national survey.
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A major component in the skyrocketing cost of health care in America is prescription drug costs. Whatever final solution the country comes to about how to handle health care, one thing is clear, pharmaceutical
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President George W. Bush said on Saturday it was crucial to rein in health-care costs that are surging at twice the rate of U.S. wages and urged the Democratic-led Congress to work with him on the issue.
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Thousands of people could be paying for health care when the NHS should be footing the bill, it is thought.
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Older Americans will have to pay about 17 percent more next year for their government-run health insurance, U.S. officials announced on Friday.
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Medicare premiums will rise 17.4 percent next year, or $11.60 a month, the largest dollar increase in the program&#39;s 40-year history, the US Health and Human Services Department said Friday.