Health Care Costs – Page 85 – Healthy Skeptic

Feb 24 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

This new ObamaCare plan would for the first time apply the 2.9% Medicare payroll tax to “interest, dividends, annuities, royalties and rents,” so-called passive income

Feb 24 2010

Sources of Medicare Spending Growth

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments

A Health Affairs article examines changes in the composition of Medicare spending over the last two decades, finding that chronic disease is now the primary driver of that spending and…

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Feb 23 2010

New York Times

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Aggressive treatment at the end of life — frantic CPR for a brain-dead accident victim, inserting a feeding tube in a dying Alzheimer’s patient — has become a staple of the health care debate

Feb 23 2010

More on Regional Spending Variation

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments

The New England Journal of Medicine publishes dueling commentaries on geographic and provider spending variations. Having a clear understanding of whether there are providers who render more care with no…

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Feb 22 2010

Washington Post

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The use of high-tech diagnostic imaging in emergency rooms has quadrupled since the mid-1990s, according to a new government report released Wednesday

Feb 22 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Some governors, frustrated by halted federal efforts to overhaul the U.S. health-care system, are introducing their own changes at the state level.

Feb 22 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Health care reform bills that were passed in late 2009 would exacerbate the same inefficiencies and perverse incentives that have led to the current situation

Feb 19 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

A firestorm between the Obama administration and health insurers escalated Thursday, as DHHS pointed to price increases in six states to make the case for overhauling the health-care system

Feb 19 2010

New York Times

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For insurers like WellPoint, the challenging business environment may leave them little choice but to raise prices if they want to protect profits, analysts and some health economists say

Feb 18 2010

Urban Institute

By Kevin Roche Research No Comments

Urban Institute: In 2040, half of adults age 65 and older will spend at least 19 percent of their incomes on health care, up from 10 percent in 2010

Feb 18 2010

Washington Post

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The use of high-tech diagnostic imaging in emergency rooms has quadrupled since the mid-1990s, according to a new government report released Wednesday.

Feb 18 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Democrats and their media allies have found a new insurance piñata: WellPoint and its recent health-premium price increases in California.

Feb 12 2010

New York Times

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Kathleen Sebelius, the secretary of health and human services, declared the explanation inadequate, especially in light of the profits made by Anthem’s parent company, WellPoint Inc.

Feb 10 2010

2009 Health Spending and Future Projections

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments

The Office of Actuary at CMS provides its estimate of 2009 health spending and projections for future years. Partly due to the recession, health spending grew rapidly as a per…

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Feb 09 2010

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

HHS Secretary demanded specifics in a sternly-worded letter Monday, saying the insurer has ”a responsibility to provide a detailed justification for these rate increases.”

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