U.S. health care spending seen doubling in 10 years
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U.S. spending on prescription drugs, hospital care and other health services is expected to double to $4.1 trillion over the next decade, up from $2.1 trillion in 2006, a government report released on Wednesday found.
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How to benefit from increased spending on preventative medicine.
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Massachusetts health insurers are predicting their rates will increase by about 10 percent next year for most residents covered through employer health plans, marking the eighth consecutive year of double-digit premium hikes.
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Americans spend double what people in other industrialized countries do on health care, but have more trouble seeing doctors, are the victims of more errors and go without treatment more often, according to a report released on Thursday.
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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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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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After years of double-digit cost increases, employers are seeing a significant slowing in the rate of growth in what they pay for employee health insurance.
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President BushÂs budget would more than double the co-payment charged to many veterans for prescription drugs.
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WASHINGTON - Medicare premiums for doctor visits will rise 17 percent next year, the largest increase in the program's 40-year history, the Bush administration said Friday.    Monthly payments for Part B of the government health care program - doctor visits and most other non-hospital expenses - will jump to $78.20 from $66.60...
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The cost of residential care for the elderly is set to double in the next 20 years, research suggests.
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U.S. spending on Web advertising and Internet access expected to increase by double digits through 2011.
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The total cost for U.S employers and   their workers to buy health insurance coverage is expected to   rise by 6 percent next year, a survey said on Tuesday.
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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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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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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, US researchers said on Wednesday.
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NEW YORK - Health care costs continued to surge this year as family premiums in employer-sponsored plans jumped 11.2 percent, the fourth year of double-digit growth, according to a new study.    The cumulative effect of rising health care costs is taking a toll on workers: There are at least 5 million fewer jobs providing health insurance in 2004 than there were in 2001, according to the survey of 3,017 companies by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Health Research and Educational Trust...
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What should really keep executives awake at night is the upward trajectory of health care spending.