health costs pressure budgets
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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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With dental costs rising and employers cutting coverage, many working Americans cannot afford to see a dentist even for chronic problems.
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With the first ministers meeting in Ottawa, governments at last seem to be heading down the right track. For the first time in years, the tough questions about the true costs associated with specific health
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TORONTO -- Post-partum depression clinics, breastfeeding clinics and other vital women&#39;s health services are on the chopping block as the province demands that hospitals balance their budgets next year, advocates warned yesterday.
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GPs are to be given their own budgets to pay for services for their patients.
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Health insurance may be out of reach for more Americans as medical costs rose faster than worker income in the first half of the year, according to a closely watched survey released on Thursday.
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Many lack health insurance because of its cost and a big reason for that cost is the explosion of expensive, medically questionable care.
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Free personal and nursing care appears to be costing much more than expected, according to executive figures.
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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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Politicians are pushing an idea to fight high health costs by shielding employers from the most expensive medical cases.
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Health insurance premiums are skyrocketing at five times the rate of inflation and worker earnings. Employers are shuttling more and more costs of health care onto their workers or dropping coverage (for 5
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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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Around the United States, there are perplexing geographic variations in medical expenses and the quality of care.
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Thousands of people could be paying for health care when the NHS should be footing the bill, it is thought.
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Consumer-driven health plans (CDHPs) are coming, as businesses shift costs to employees.
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Many NHS trusts face debts this year - but the health service as a whole will break even, figures forecast.
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A handful of conditions such as  mental illness, stroke, diabetes and lung disease accounted for  much of the huge increase in health-care spending dating back  to the late 1980s, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday.