Health care costs and sick job market
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A relentless rise in the cost of employee health insurance has become a significant factor in the US employment slump, as the labor market adds only a trickle of new jobs each month despite nearly three years of uninterrupted economic growth.
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Respiratory ailments, mental trauma and other problems that arose after the Sept. 11 attacks are costing the U.S. health care system $393 million per year, according to an analysis that city officials released Tuesday.
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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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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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By Compiled by John MacIntyre  Estimated annual cost of influenza to U.S. employers in lost wages due to paid sick leave, according to a new study: $9.45 billion.
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In a country already plagued by skyrocketing sick leave costs, a new survey found that 40 percent of the population thinks it&#39;s acceptable to skip work because they feel tired or have trouble getting along with their colleagues.
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Staying healthy is a costly business in the United States, particularly in the Northeast, government statistics show.
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Employer health care costs are expected to rise 11.3% in 2005, according to an analysis by consultant Hewitt Associates, the Detroit Free Press reports (Norris, Detroit Free Press, 10/12).
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Health premiums rose five times faster  than U.S. workers' salaries this year, according to a survey  released on Thursday, a trend analysts said is likely to throw  more people into the ranks of the uninsured.
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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 for more than 14  million Americans, according to a survey on Tuesday.
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The cost of health insurance provided by employers rose an average of 11.2 percent this year and is expected to rise again in 2005, adding to the economic anxiety of workers and businesses.
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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.
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Description: NPR&#39;s Alex Chadwick talks to Bob Moon of Marketplace about a new study showing that in 2004, health insurance premiums rose five times faster than the salaries of US workers.
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Many Americans are in danger of losing their health insurance coverage due to the rapid increase of employer sponsored health insurance plans.
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Jump in the expense of firm-based benefits on per-employee basis is lowest since 1999. By Jeff Swiatek. The cost of health care benefits slowed for a second consecutive year in 2004 in part because employees
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Consumer-driven health plans (CDHPs) are coming, as businesses shift costs to employees.
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The U.S. President has said that the problem with health care is the lawyers. He doesn't seem to think that there are any other problems we should be concerned about, and the free market is the best way to determine how much you would be willing to pay for health care. The President is pushing our current system, and his challenger is doing the same.