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TORONTO (CP) - Downsizing strategies implemented by governments and companies alike in the 1990s have burdened Canada&#39;s health-care system with up to $14 billion a year in additional costs, a new federal study concludes.
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A private health care firm criticised for the way it runs its out-of-hours GP service is to take on more doctors.
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The costs of the Medicare and Medicaid health insurance programs are rising at unsustainable rates that will force policy makers to adopt major changes to curb spending, the head of the Congressional Budget Office warned on Monday.
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The final cost of modernising NHS IT systems could reach Â£31bn - five times the declared figure, a report says.
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The airline also announced today that it was increasing the shared cost of health care coverage and as part of its plan to avoid bankruptcy.
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As a new enrollment period gears up, employers are bracing for how much it is going to cost to cover their workers&#39; health. Although insurance premiums are expected to rise at a slower rate than
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The NHS now spends too much on cataract surgery, eye doctors claim.
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Shrinking budgets and escalating costs this year exacerbated many of the county&#39;s health- care problems, which included the first human case of West Nile virus and the fact that prescription medications are increasingly expensive for many seniors.
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GREENVILLE -- Medical lawsuits are one of the driving forces behind skyrocketing health care costs. That&#39;s according to Secretary Tommy Thompson, of the US Department of Health and Human Services.
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The final cost of modernising NHS computer systems could rise to between Â£18.6bn and Â£31bn - three to five times the declared figure - it is reported.
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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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A plan for downsizing the hospital and nursing home industries could eliminate thousands of jobs, and change the way millions of people receive health care.
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Employers are facing continued double-digit increases in health care costs in 2005 and likely will require their workers to pay an even greater share of the bill, according to a new survey of more than 900 firms.
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he cost of providing health care to employees has risen 11.2 percent this year, according to the results of an authoritative national survey reported yesterday.
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A shake-up of strategic health authorities has seen the NHS pay out more than Â£80m in redundancy, the BBC learns.
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The costs of caring for elderly  people with diabetes, a growing population, are threatening to  overwhelm the system designed to pay for their medical care,  according to a new analysis of Medicare claims.
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Health insurance premiums for workers are rising around three times faster than their wages, and health costs eat up a quarter of earnings