Much hyped health plans lead some to cut care: study
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People with high-deductible health plans designed to raise awareness of costs and reduce unnecessary care are causing consumers to scrimp on health care, according to a study released on Thursday.
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With soaring insurance costs squeezing workers and employers, votersâ choices this November may well be swayed by an issue that has great personal significance to Americans and their pocketbooks: health care.
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Out-of-pocket costs may be causing millions of older adults in the U.S. to cut back on prescriptions for conditions as serious as diabetes, asthma and depression, a new study suggests.
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Older patients with similar chronic conditions receive treatment that varies widely, even among the top-ranked hospitals, according to studies released Thursday that suggest more
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Facing growing consumer concern over soaring costs, America's health insurers are more eager to participate in reform now than in the 1990s, but they will still fight any attempt to reduce their profits, policy experts say.
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AMERICANS have been pouring greater and greater portions of the their salaries into health care over the past few years. And what makes most employees sick is that they are getting less and less for their money.
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In the past four years, Americans have spent a growing portion of their paychecks on health care and for the most part gotten less for their money, according to government figures and several independent studies.
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A nationwide study has found that the uninsured and those covered by Medicaid are more likely than those with private insurance to receive a diagnosis of cancer in the late stages of the disease.
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Medical-care ratio concerns trip up shareholders.
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Pushing more of the cost of prescription drugs onto consumers causes patients to cut back, sometimes with adverse health consequences, according to a review of two decades worth of studies published on Tuesday.
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NEW YORK  - Out-of-pocket costs may be  causing millions of older adults in the U.S. to cut back on  prescriptions for conditions as serious as diabetes, asthma and  depression, a new study suggests.
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Employers&#39; health premiums rose 11.2 percent this year, according to a benchmark study released yesterday that reinforces voter concerns about the US healthcare system.
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Despite exploding costs, most Americans got sizable life-extending bang for their medical bucks over recent decades, says one of the most sweeping studies ever of health-care value.
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Stark evidence that high medical payments do not buy high-quality patient care is presented in a new study.
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Unpredictable hospital billing can lead to financial anxiety about the prospect of dealing with insurance companies even before a surgery has happened.
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For some, they&#39;re an innovative and necessary reform for the ailing health care industry. For others, they&#39;re potentially ruinous for Americansâ health care coverage.
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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.