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5/24/12 - Doctor visits, drugs drive up health costs for privately insured

5/24/12 Doctor visits, drugs drive up health costs for privately insured

‎Chicago Tribune

Higher prices for visits to doctors, surgery and drugs were the main cause of higher health care costs for privately insured Americans in 2010, ...

5/23/12 - Budgeting for Healthcare in Retirement

5/23/12 Budgeting for Healthcare in Retirement

‎U.S. News & World Report

Many Americans assume that Medicare, the government-backed health-insurance program, will cover the majority of their heathcare costs after they stop ...

5/18/12 - Report: State Medicare costs sixth-highest in nation

5/18/12 Report: State Medicare costs sixth-highest in nation

‎TheDay.com

Kaiser Health News, an editorially independent news service, computed the ... some researchers believe could account for up to a third of U.S. health care costs.

5/15/12 - Health care costs for family of 4 tops $20000

5/15/12 Health care costs for family of 4 tops $20000

‎Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Health care costs for the typical family of four are projected to reach $20728 this year, a 6.9% increase from last year, according to the Milliman Medical Index.

5/14/12 - ICU Stays for Worst Asthma Cases Dropped Significantly Over Last ...

5/14/12 ICU Stays for Worst Asthma Cases Dropped Significantly Over Last ...

‎news Stories

A review of 30 years of life-threatening asthma cases in a San Antonio intensive care unit found that annual ICU admissions for the condition have dropped ...

5/10/12 - Study: health care accessibility has declined since 2000

5/10/12 Study: health care accessibility has declined since 2000

‎UW Badger Herald

By Kaylie Duffy As health care costs in the last decades have continued to rise, health care accessibility has significantly declined in Wisconsin and ...

5/9/12 - Nonprofit US hospitals to do more with less

5/9/12 Nonprofit US hospitals to do more with less

Reuters

At the heart of the matter lies Medicare, the health insurance program for ... Costs for the $549 billion-a-year program will likely leap from about 3.7 ...

5/9/12 - Expert: Tax credit won't get small businesses to offer health ...

5/9/12 Expert: Tax credit won't get small businesses to offer health ...

‎NJBIZ

... the cost of their workers' health insurance, according to a report, ... least 50 percent of each employee's health insurance premiums to qualify for the ...

5/8/12 - Report shows more costly healthcare in U.S. doesn't mean better ...

5/8/12 Report shows more costly healthcare in U.S. doesn't mean better ...

Healthcare Finance News 

... despite health costs averaging one-third to two-thirds more than the other advanced countries. The average cost was $8000 per person in 2009.

 

5/8/12 Health Insurance Studies Document Fearful Retirees

5/8/12 Health Insurance Studies Document Fearful Retirees

Insurance Networking News

Soon-to-be-retired Americans say they are concerned about health care costsnegatively affecting their retirement plans. Nearly half of soon-to-be-retired, ...

 

5/3/12 - Federal government to put up $1.9B to help with startup cost of ...

5/3/12 Federal government to put up $1.9B to help with startup cost of ...

‎Washington Post

Under Obama's Affordable Care Act, the federal government will pay most of the costs for the new patients. In a statement, Health and Human Services ...

5/2/12 - In Massachusetts, Hope For Higher Salaries If Health Care Inflation ...

5/2/12 In Massachusetts, Hope For Higher Salaries If Health Care Inflation ...

‎Kaiser Health News

Under a more aggressive approach, health care costs would still rise, but ... But Stowe wonders why the state can't actually cut health care costs, not just aim for ...

5/1/12 - Health Care Disparities Might Affect Black Kids' Cancer Survival

5/1/12 Health Care Disparities Might Affect Black Kids' Cancer Survival

‎MSN Health & Fitness

TUESDAY, May 1 (HealthDay News) -- Equal access to health care would reduce the disparity in survival rates between white and black children with cancer, ...

4/27/12 - High use of ER care costly

4/27/12 High use of ER care costly

‎Middletown Journal

The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) claims the cost of emergency care represents less than 2 percent of the nation's health care costs, ...

4/26/12 Health Insurers Plan Over $1 Billion in Rebates

4/26/12 Health Insurers Plan Over $1 Billion in Rebates

‎Wall Street Journal

If an insurer doesn't spend a large enough proportion on the health costs, it must give back the difference to customers. The provision doesn't apply to ...

4/25/12 - The Cost Of Appendix Removal Ranges From $1.5K to $180K - How Can ...

4/25/12 The Cost Of Appendix Removal Ranges From $1.5K to $180K - How Can ...

‎InjuryBoard.com

The costs for uninsured patients and those covered by Medicaid were slightly higher than those patients with private health insurance.

4/24/12 - Insurers Alter Cost Formula, and Patients Pay More

4/24/12 Insurers Alter Cost Formula, and Patients Pay More

‎New York Times

... the nation's largest health insurers have been switching to a new payment method that in most cases significantly increases the cost to the patient.

4/20/12 - In Cleveland, COSE brings wellness programs to small business employees

The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, OH -- ...for the past 21/2 years, Greater Cleveland's Council of Smaller Enterprises has tried to make wellness offerings more affordable, first to business owners and now to employees.  "This program was specifically designed and developed for small-business owners because they have unique challenges," says Ginny Hridel, product manager of Health Insurance and Wellness Programs at COSE's Greater Cleveland Partnership ...

4/19/12 - Growth In Health Costs Limited As Americans Avoid Hospital Stays

4/19/12 Growth In Health Costs Limited As Americans Avoid Hospital Stays

‎Kaiser Family Foundation

In an early look at medical-cost trends for 2012, the nation's biggest private ... “As you know, inpatient is the biggest piece of the health-care cost pie.

4/18/12 - Patients Often Stop Taking Heart Drugs During Medicare Coverage Gaps

4/18/12 Patients Often Stop Taking Heart Drugs During Medicare Coverage Gaps

‎MarketWatch

Heart and blood vessel, or cardiovascular disease, is the leading cause of death in the United States. The risk of disease increases with age, ...