Controlling Health Care Costs
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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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Gov. Edward G. Rendell of Pennsylvania, who campaigned as a health care reformer, is learning that to contain costs is to pluck dollars from someoneâs pocket.
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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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A big reason for the high cost of health insurance is the explosion of expensive, medically questionable care.
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CHEYENNE -- A study for the Wyoming Healthcare Commission suggests three solutions to the high costs hospitals must absorb for unreimbursed catastrophic and trauma care.
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A major component in the skyrocketing cost of health care in America is prescription drug costs. Whatever final solution the country comes to about how to handle health care, one thing is clear, pharmaceutical
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GREENVILLE -- Medical lawsuits are one of the driving forces behind skyrocketing health care costs. That&#39;s according to Secretary Tommy Thompson, of the US Department of Health and Human Services.
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GPs are to be given their own budgets to pay for services for their patients.
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President George W. Bush plans to slow the growth in US health-care spending, which reached $1.7 trillion last year, by making workers more responsible for their medical costs.
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WASHINGTON - What is the best way to curb the astronomical expense of medical care in the United States? Start by printing the Internal Revenue Service&#39;s tax tables again, Mr John Kerry says.
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The health care debate in this year&#39;s presidential contest has been largely boiled down to an argument over degree: Democrat John F. Kerry proposes an ambitious, costly expansion of health
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WASHINGTON -- Staying healthy is a costly business in the United States, particularly in the Northeast, government statistics show.
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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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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. Governor Bredesen and the leading advocate for TennCare enrollees may have their differences, but they agree controlling the health care program&#39;s skyrocketing drug costs is key to saving it.
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Privately insured, low-income workers with chronic medical conditions such as diabetes and asthma are being financially squeezed as employers shift the burden of higher health care costs to employees, a new study found.    The number of such individuals spending more than 5 percent of their income on out-of-pocket medical costs soared 48 percent to 2.2 million people from 2001 to 2003, according to a study released Thursday by the Center for Health System Change...
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The United States has the best health care system in the world, but financial barriers prevent too many Americans from getting the affordable coverage they need.
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Consumer-driven health plan  A general term describing a plan that allows consumers to create tax-free savings accounts to pay medical expenses. Plans are typically combined with high-deductible, lower-premium health insurance policies. Health savings accounts (see below) are the consumer-driven plans getting the most attention this year. While consumer-driven plans cost less upfront, provide members with more choices for care and create incentives to shop the medical marketplace for cost and quality, they also expose those who need extensive care to considerable out-of-pocket costs.