Health Care Costs – Page 89 – Healthy Skeptic

Jan 08 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

A federal takeover of services to dual eligibles would cost about $70 billion per year. For many states, a share of this amount would be the difference between chronic fiscal crisis and a balanced budget

Jan 07 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

A White House official said Wednesday that the president would support the House effort to make subsidies more generous

Jan 06 2010

Bloomberg

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Medicare and Medicaid rose more than 8 percent in 2008, almost double the growth rate for all health-care purchases by governments, companies and consumers in the U.S.

Jan 06 2010

National Health Spending in 2008

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments

National health spending growth slowed in 2008, but still grew at a rate much faster than GDP, meaning health care continues to account for a greater share of total GDP.…

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Jan 05 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

That’s true as far as it goes — growth increased at a rate of 4.4%, but a more important figure to keep an eye on is national health-care spending as a percentage of total GDP

Jan 01 2010

New Year Potpourri

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments

Many thanks for your readership of the last year and here are a few health care predictions and observations about likely trends for 2010.

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Dec 31 2009

West Virginia Health Report Identifies Possible Savings

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments

States have often been leaders in experimenting with different methods of delivering and financing health care. West Virginia commissioned a report to identify methods by which it might reduce costs,…

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Dec 30 2009

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

At the heart of the health care debate is the question of whether it’s possible to cut medical costs without harming patients

Dec 28 2009

Washington Post

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Perhaps the most contentious issue will be financing

Dec 28 2009

New York Times

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No one seems to agree on whether the legislation will do much to reduce workers’ continually rising out-of-pocket costs

Dec 24 2009

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Biggest employers warning that proposed health-care overhaul could lead to cuts in retiree benefits and sharp reduction in reported earnings

Dec 24 2009

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Key effects of the Senate bill, based on estimates from CBO and the Joint Committee on Taxation for the years 2010-2019

Dec 23 2009

Washington Post

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Labor believes that the cost controls in the Senate bill come chiefly from insurance policy holders rather than from insurance and drug companies

Dec 22 2009

Washington Post

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

No one should contemplate without concern a vast new entitlement program when the federal debt has ballooned so dangerously

Dec 21 2009

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Gauging the Odds (and the Costs) in Health Screening

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