Economix: Health Care as if Costs Didnât Matter
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A big reason for the high cost of health insurance is the explosion of expensive, medically questionable care.
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Sept. 28, 2004 -- Health insurance prices far outstripped wages over the last four years, leaving Americans with less coverage at a far greater cost, according to a study unveiled Tuesday.
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Our position is: Expansion of government control isn&#39;t the answer to US health-care problems. Soaring health care costs are taking an ever-larger share out of employee paychecks and eating into employer profits.
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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 savings accounts can help you reduce costs -- if you know how they work.
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The pilot program appeared to mark the first time that Wal-Mart has used its unrivaled influence in the U.S. economy to lower health care costs.
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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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Of all the issues we voters thought about during the campaign, dealing with the costs of health care was one we all are concerned about.
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No one is immune from the problem of runaway costs in the dysfunctional US health care system -- not individual families, not businesses, and certainly not state and federal governments.
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On the clear benefits of a dollar that won't spend.
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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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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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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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Economic assumptions from President Bush's proposed 2008 budget:
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The U.S. President has said that the problem with health care is the lawyers. He doesn't seem to think that there are any other problems we should be concerned about, and the free market is the best way to determine how much you would be willing to pay for health care. The President is pushing our current system, and his challenger is doing the same.
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Health plan costs are expected to rise at a slightly faster rate in 2008, after three years of flat growth, according to preliminary results of a new survey.
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