Minnesota&#39;s Health Care Gamble
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No one is immune from the problem of runaway costs in the dysfunctional US health care system -- not individual families, not businesses, and certainly not state and federal governments.
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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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Our position is: Expansion of government control isn&#39;t the answer to US health-care problems. Soaring health care costs are taking an ever-larger share out of employee paychecks and eating into employer profits.
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The nation&#39;s pharmacists are reaping windfall profits at the expense of Medicaid, the government health care program for the poor.
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Though candidates suggest adapting the health care program that covers Congress and offering it to millions of unisured Americans, such a plan would unlikely cut costs.
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With soaring medical costs imperiling Medicare and the federal government&#39;s financial health, Washington needs a straight answer to a key question: Can private companies deliver more medical services for less money than the government-run Medicare program
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HAMILTON, Mont. -- Sen. Conrad Burns gazed at a debate audience and asked if anyone could guess who was blocking efforts in Washington to control health-care costs.
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With the rising cost of health care and over 45-million Americans uninsured, many believe America&#39;s healthcare system needs work.
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Many of the Medicare recipients who would benefit most from using discount drug cards think they&#39;re too much trouble to be worthwhile.
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Facing cutthroat competition, escalating expenses, and declining revenues, some of the region&#39;s hospitals are trying to boost their bottom lines by offering
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DAVID HARDAKER: It&#39;s barely out of the blocks, but the Federal Government&#39;s plans to boost the private health insurance rebate for older Australians looks doomed.
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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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CHRIS CLARK: There&#39;s no end in sight to the soaring tally of health funding promises in the election campaign. In the latest, Mark Latham has come up with a $1 billion dollar parcel for hospitals, and the signs are there&#39;s more to come.
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No big premium surprises will hit Medicare plan members in Oregon next year, but sponsors have tinkered again with benefits, tacked on fees and generally added to the confusion surrounding older Americans&#39; health care decisions.
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Many people agree that America&#39;s health-care system needs fixing. Few agree on how to fix it. During last week&#39;s debate and in a flurry of political ads that will become more intense as the Nov.
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MINNEAPOLIS - Major health care providers are competing for the chance to build a hospital in Maple Grove, the fast-growing northwestern suburb.
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Health insurance companies are offering more Medicare HMO choices this year, but some local seniors say they aren&#39;t interested.