Posts Tagged ‘costs’
How New Technology Drives Up Health Costs
Heart devices known as drug-eluting stents have added as much as $1.57 billion to U.S. health costs since their introduction in 2003, U.S. researchers said on Monday. The study offers an illustration of how new technology can drive ... Read the rest of this entry »
Mark Cassello: Indiana's Assault on Women's Health Is Being Led by …
This unnecessary, discriminatory law does nothing to create jobs or restore fiscal discipline. Instead, it increases health care costs to taxpayers and interferes with the lives and liberty of thousands of Hoosiers. Read the rest of this entry »
Hyponosis as a Health Option – NYTimes.com
Today's Patient Money column looks into the costs and potential benefits of hypnosis for dealing with anxiety, pain management and other health issues. Read the rest of this entry »
Health Insurance in Florida is Out of Control …
Health Insurance premiums are out of control! The trend of higher costs and lower benefits is on the rise. Florida Health Insurance web suggests using an insurance professional to find the best available rates for your individual, ... Read the rest of this entry »
A Shift Toward Smaller Health Insurance Networks
Thousands of employers in California and across the country are slashing expensive doctors and hospitals from their insurance rosters in a move to hold down rising healthcare costs -- a trend that is gaining favor with corporate bosses, ... Read the rest of this entry »
Bayh: Yeah, ObamaCare doesn't address rising health-care costs …
If ObamaCare didn't deal with rising health -care costs, then why pass it at all? Bayh gets a little foggy on this point, claiming that Congress needed to do something about health care. This is no mere academic point, either, ... Read the rest of this entry »
Solving health care riddle – PNHP's Official Blog
But there is a solution to these runaway costs: a single-payer health insurance program. In Massachusetts, single-payer legislation, the “Medicare for All Massachusetts Bill,” has been filed for 2011. This legislation guarantees first ... Read the rest of this entry »
Vermont Gov. Proposes Single-Payer Health Plan – Kaiser Health News
Under Shumlin's "single-payer" system, Vermont residents would receive health benefits paid for by the state, regardless of their employment status or income. The plan is designed to help stem rising health costs, which state officials ... Read the rest of this entry »
18 Ridiculous Statistics About The Health Care Industry That Will …
Democrats hailed "Obamacare" as the solution to many of our health care problems, but the truth is that it does not solve any of them. In fact, it is almost certain to increase health care costs. Health insurance companies all over the ... Read the rest of this entry »
Linda Bergthold: Health Care Repeal — More Annoying than Head On
If Rep. Paul Ryan mentions health care at all on Tuesday, it is likely be the same old same old. After all, if they had any new ideas that could actually cut costs and improve quality, wouldn't we have heard about them already? Read the rest of this entry »