Health care, not gasoline prices should be big worry
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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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Many lack health insurance because of its cost and a big reason for that cost is the explosion of expensive, medically questionable care.
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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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This past week&#39;s summit on the future of health care in Ottawa wasn&#39;t so much a gong show, as I predicted in the days leading up to it.
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Paul Ding: "You don't have to change the oil in your car. You can always replace the engine instead. Works the same way with health care." Great essay on the cost heath care.
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Stark evidence that high medical payments do not buy high-quality patient care is presented in a new study.
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LANCASTER, Pa.  - Excessive eating, smoking and  drinking by Americans is partially responsible for rising  health care costs causing a drag on the U.S. economy, Treasury  Secretary John Snow said on Tuesday.
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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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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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Even though oil prices have risen 30 percent in the last year, the United States&#39; gusto for gasoline has not been shaken. &quot;I don&#39;t like gas being this expensive,&quot; said Paul Kaesberg, an oncologist at the University
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Around the United States, there are perplexing geographic variations in medical expenses and the quality of care.
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Both presidential candidates agree the American health care system is troubled: Coverage is too costly, too many are uninsured. But President Bush and Democratic
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Many people agree that America&#39;s health-care system needs fixing. Few agree on how to fix it. During last week&#39;s debate and in a flurry of political ads that will become more intense as the Nov.
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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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NOT ONLY did President Bush and Sen. John Kerry drop the ball on the issue of health care in Wednesday night&#39;s presidential debate, but even moderator Bob Schieffer got it wrong when he said of health care, &quot;We&#39;re paying more.
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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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Concern is raised about a new service brought in to provide medical cover outside surgery hours.