A Health Care Cost Shift
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Consumers face what many health care experts describe as two distinct tracks of care for those lucky enough to have insurance through their employer.
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A relentless rise in the cost of employee health insurance has become a significant factor in the employment slump.
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While health-care cost hikes continue to outpace inflation, some signs of moderation are beginning to show, according to a report released Monday by Hewitt Associates, a human resources consulting firm.
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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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After years of double-digit cost increases, employers are seeing a significant slowing in the rate of growth in what they pay for employee health insurance.
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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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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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Around the United States, there are perplexing geographic variations in medical expenses and the quality of care.
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WASHINGTON - The cost of treating heart and lung disease and mental disorders led the upward push in US health care spending, according to a study examining cost jumps by medical condition.
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Numerous media reports have indicated big increases for Medicare and employer-sponsored health insurance premiums and for the number of Americans lacking health insurance.
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The cost of providing health care to employees has risen 11.2 percent this year, according to an authoritative national survey reported Thursday.
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The move would be the first time Wal-Mart has used its influence to lower the cost of health care for its customers.
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Health-care costs are expected to rise more than 11 percent for US employers in 2005, the fifth consecutive year of double-digit increases, and little relief is expected in the next five years
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Medicare patients&#39; monthly premiums for outpatient care will jump a record $11.60 next year, while deductibles for hospitalized patients will rise $36, the biggest jump in 14 years.
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People will lose weight for money, even a little money, suggests a study that offers another option for employers looking for ways to cut health care costs.
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President Bush and his Democratic challenger, Sen. John Kerry, both have plans to lower rising health care costs and broaden health insurance coverage for Americans, but their visions would take health care in two different directions.
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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.