Basic medical care would save money: report
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Simple adherence to basic medical   treatment guidelines would save thousands of lives and $1.35   billion a year in medical costs, according to a large analysis   of data from 260 hospitals.
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Motivated by mounting medical costs, lawmakers and executives are urging doctors to embrace a seemingly simple way to save billions of dollars a year: prescribe medications online.
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Roughly 19 million people are expected to reap some savings from Medicare&#39;s new prescription drug benefit, according to an independent analysis released Monday.
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Patients suffering from asthma, arthritis and heart failure will be encouraged to treat their own conditions as part of government measures to save billions of pounds for the NHS, a report said Wednesday.
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A group of the largest commercial hospital chains plans to propose that individuals be required to have basic health coverage.
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Importing cheaper prescription medicines would require costly safety measures and save US consumers little money, a government task force said on Tuesday in a report
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Lack of access to routine, quality health care led to as many as 79,000 deaths and $1.8 billion in avoidable medical costs in 2003, according to a new report from a private health care advocacy group.
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In the past four years, Americans have spent a growing portion of their paychecks on health care and for the most part gotten less for their money, according to government figures and several independent studies.
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Taxpayers could save hundreds of millions of dollars a year if soaring Medicaid reimbursements for prescription medicines more closely matched
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Â·  Study shows cut in risk of cardiovascular disease Â·  Remedy could save a million lives in five years
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WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- Drug reimportation won&#39;t save much money overall and might hinder incentives for companies to develop new drugs, said a government report issued Tuesday.
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Democrats have made it clear: They don't support recommendations from President Bush that would shave an estimated $77 billion from government health programs for seniors and the poor. But Bush doesn't need lawmakers' support for some of the changes that he wants to make to Medicare and Medicaid. He could get about $23 billion in savings over the next five years by issuing new federal regulations.
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Medicare&#39;s new prescription drug coverage should help most elderly, including some of the poorest beneficiaries, save money, but nearly a quarter will pay more for medicine
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A cheap drug that prevents a deadly complication in pregnancy could save the lives of tens of thousands of women in poor countries each year, a health group said in a report on Thursday.
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Thousands of gravely ill older people will no longer have to spend their savings or sell their homes to pay for round-the-clock medical care, under government guidelines to be revealed this week.
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The Bush administration said Wednesday that extra money it is paying Medicare managed care plans is leading to lower costs and better services for patients.
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Privately insured, low-income workers with chronic medical conditions such as diabetes and asthma are being financially squeezed as employers shift the burden of higher health care costs to employees, a new study found.    The number of such individuals spending more than 5 percent of their income on out-of-pocket medical costs soared 48 percent to 2.2 million people from 2001 to 2003, according to a study released Thursday by the Center for Health System Change...