U.S. health care improves, but costs too much: report
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The quality of health care in the United States is steadily improving, with more patients getting recommended treatments, but there are a few notable gaps -- and costs are skyrocketing, according to a report released on Tuesday.
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The cost of caring for aging Americans will add 25 percent to the nation's health care bill by 2030 unless people act now to stay healthy, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday.
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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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Recent insurance-cost hikes spotlight the deep problems with how the US pays for health care. Both presidential candidates need to be paying closer attention.
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The growing number of obese Americans and the rising cost of caring for them is responsible for 27 percent of the increase in health-care costs since 1987, according to a study in the journal Health Affairs.
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The health insurer beats some estimates and raises others.
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Every year, without fail, spending for services covered by private health insurance increases. Sometimes health care spending grows slowly, as it did in the mid-1990s during the managed-care boom.
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The ballooning cost of cancer treatment offers an example of how difficult it may be to rein in the nationâs runaway health care spending.
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Americans are burdened with a costly, hugely dysfunctional health-care system. In a new book, a pair of investigative reporters offers a fresh remedy based on a successful model we're all familiar with
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A new Emory University study found that 15 medical conditions led to about half of the $200 billion rise in US health spending from 1987 to 2000.
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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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People who live in the U.S. Northeast, including New England and the mid-Atlantic states, have significantly higher health care bills than other Americans, federal researchers said on Tuesday.
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(National-NBC) Sept. 13, 2004 - Health care costs are on the rise, and American workers are feeling the effects, according to a new survey.
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The United States spends far more on   health care than any other country but gets only mediocre care   in return for its investment, according to a report released on   Wednesday.
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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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Annual growth in U.S. health-care spending increased slightly in 2006 and continued to outpace inflation and the nation's overall economic growth, government researchers said in a report released on Tuesday.
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The fiscal condition of the states improved this year, but soaring health costs have made it difficult for them to recover from the worst fiscal crisis in six decades, the National Governors Association said Thursday.