U.S. Health Care Spending Up 7.7 Percent in 2003
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U.S. spending on health care rose  7.7 percent to 1.7 trillion in 2003, outpacing overall economic  growth by nearly 3 percentage points, according to an annual  government report released on Tuesday.
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Medicaid spending grew about  one-third from 2000 to 2003 as job losses and other economic  woes made more people eligible for the government-run health  insurance program for the poor, a new study said on Wednesday.
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Americans made an estimated 890 million visits to the doctor in 2002, a 1 percent increase from the previous year, according to a survey released Thursday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Consumer spending is shown to be the main driver of the US economy in the first quarter of 2007.
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Nearly 1.7 million U.S. veterans had no health care coverage in 2003 -- no access to private insurance, to Medicare or Medicaid or to the Veterans Affairs health program, health care advocates said on Tuesday.
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Annual increases in health insurance premiums have slowed, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation and Health Research Educational Trust survey, averaging 6.1 percent this year compared with 7.7 percent in 2006. These slower increases reflect several profitable years for the insurance industry,...
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Medicaid spending grew about one-third from 2000 to 2003 as job losses and other economic woes made more people eligible for the government-run health insurance program for the poor, a new study said on Wednesday.
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Health insurer WellPoint Inc  said on Wednesday that third-quarter profit rose 7 percent as membership increased.
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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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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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Consumer prices rose 7.1 percent, the largest increase in more than a decade.
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NEW YORK - Health care costs continued to surge this year as family premiums in employer-sponsored plans jumped 11.2 percent, the fourth year of double-digit growth, according to a new study.    The cumulative effect of rising health care costs is taking a toll on workers: There are at least 5 million fewer jobs providing health insurance in 2004 than there were in 2001, according to the survey of 3,017 companies by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Health Research and Educational Trust...
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* Increases of 6 to 7 percent in premiums -- and more in small firms.
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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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Health care costs for employers in the US will increase by and average of 11.3 percent in 2005, according to human resources services firm Hewitt Associates.
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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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Health insurer WellPoint Inc   said on Wednesday that third-quarter profit rose 7 percent as  membership increased.