News tagged with care costs
Doctors advised to curtail antibiotic dosages
Medicine & Health / Medications
Dec 11, 2009 |
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It's a common scene: Mom brings aching child with some bug to the doctor's office, expecting the doctor to do, well, something.
Do smokers cost society money?
Apr 08, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Smoking takes years off your life and adds dollars to the cost of health care. Yet nonsmokers cost society money, too - by living longer.
Even low alcohol consumption has a negative impact on overall health
Oct 23, 2009 |
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Low alcohol consumption is bad for your health in general. Researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access journal Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation studied the relationship between alcohol consumption and he ...
Nearly 10 percent of health spending for obesity
Jul 27, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Obesity's not just dangerous, it's expensive. New research shows medical spending averages $1,400 more a year for an obese person than for someone who's normal weight. Overall obesity-related health spending reaches ...
Alzheimer's cost triple that of other elderly
Mar 24, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The health care costs of Alzheimer's disease patients are more than triple those of other older people, and that doesn't even include the billions of hours of unpaid care from family members, a new report suggests.
AT&T hopes to gain concessions from unions
Mar 13, 2009 |
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(AP) -- AT&T Inc., the largest employer of union labor in the country, is renegotiating contracts that cover 112,500 workers and looks set to take advantage of the recession to reduce its health care costs.
More costly private model of foster care could save $6.3 billion in long term
Jun 02, 2009 |
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In these times of trillion-dollar budgets and deficits, $6.3 billion may not seem like much money, but that's what the United States potentially could save on each group of adolescents who enter foster care every year.
Electronic health records are valuable but won't be a panacea
Apr 29, 2009 |
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Turns out most Americans are all for moving to a comprehensive system of electronic medical records. They just don't think it's going to save us any money when it comes to health care.
Senate's 10-year health fix would cost $856B
Sep 16, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Sen. Max Baucus on Wednesday released the much-awaited Finance Committee version of an American health-system remake - a landmark $856 billion, 10-year measure that starts a rough ride through Congress ...
Employer-sponsored health insurance premiums projected to double by 2020
Aug 20, 2009 |
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Nationally, family premiums for employer-sponsored health insurance increased 119 percent between 1999 and 2008, and could increase another 94 percent to an average $23,842 per family by 2020 if cost growth continues on its ...
Treating gum disease linked to lower medical costs for patients with diabetes
Dec 23, 2008 |
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A new report suggests that treating gum disease in patients who have diabetes with procedures such as cleanings and periodontal scaling is linked to 10 to 12 percent lower medical costs per month.
59 percent support Massachusetts' Landmark 2006 health reform law
Sep 28, 2009 |
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A new poll by the Harvard School of Public Health and The Boston Globe finds 59% of Massachusetts residents who are aware of the state's health reform legislation, which was enacted in 2006, support it. A little more than ...
Physical abuse raises women's health costs over 40 percent
Mar 23, 2009 |
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Women experiencing physical abuse from intimate partners spent 42 percent more on health care per year than non-abused women, according to a long-term study of more than 3,000 women.
7 of 10 women are uninsured or underinsured, or have medical bill, debt, access problems
May 11, 2009 |
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Women are more likely than men to feel the pinch of rising health costs and eroding health benefits, with about half (52%) of working-age women reporting problems accessing needed care because of costs, compared to 39 percent ...
Study suggests 86 percent of Americans could be overweight or obese by 2030
Jul 28, 2008 |
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Most adults in the U.S. will be overweight or obese by 2030, with related health care spending projected to be as much as $956.9 billion, according to researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, the ...
