Health Care Costs

Want To Stay Healthy? It's Going To Cost You

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 05.29.2012

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Medication is getting more expensive. And having insurance won't necessarily help you. A number of insurers, including Anthem Blue Cross and Aetna,...

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Hospital CEO To Step Down Amid Accretive Health Debt-Collection Controversy

The Huffington Post | Jeffrey Young | Posted 05.24.2012

Mark Eustis, the president CEO of a Minnesota hospital company under fire from state and federal authorities for allegedly harsh tactics its employees...

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One Man's Solution To Paying Off His Medical Bills: A $1,000 Cup Of 'Cool Aid'

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 05.22.2012

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For the low-price of $1,000, one man is offering customers a chance to drink to good health -- his own, that is. Tobin Northrup, 43, of Lakewood, O...

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'Do You Want To Pay Now?': How A Hospital Hounded A Sick Patient

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeffrey Young | Posted 05.21.2012

No one at the hospital ever said Bruce Folken's medical care would suffer if he didn't pay up, but it sure felt that way. Folken, 62, went to Fairv...

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'We Are Giving The Image That We Are Money-Hungry,' Hospital Workers Say

The Huffington Post | Jeffrey Young | Posted 05.16.2012

Employees at Minnesota hospitals that contracted with Accretive Health repeatedly complained about the company's methods of getting money from patient...

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Hospital Debt Collector Taps Washington Bigwigs In Bid To Restore Reputation

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeffrey Young | Posted 05.15.2012

Accretive Health, a debt-collection company under fire for allegedly hounding hospital patients over unpaid bills, has hired former President George W...

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Health Care Costs For Families With Insurance Reach Staggering Amount: Study

The Huffington Post | Jeffrey Young | Posted 05.16.2012

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Health care costs for a family of four covered by workplace health insurance will exceed $20,000 for the first time ever this year -- $20,728 to be pr...

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Hospital Patients, Unready To Leave, Being Pushed Out Anyway

Posted 05.15.2012

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Hospital patients, unready to go home, are being pushed out the door anyway. Pressure to meet financial obligations is pushing large hospitals to ...

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For Your Own Good: Debt Collectors Say They Help Hospital Patients By Demanding Money

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeffrey Young | Posted 05.11.2012

Accretive Health, a debt-collection company under fire from Minnesota and federal officials for aggressive tactics to squeeze money from hospital pati...

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10 States With Prohibitive Health Care Costs

Posted 05.29.2012

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Health care continue to rise for post 50s. Retired couples will need an estimated $240,000 to cover their medical bills -- 4 percent more than people ...

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The Cost Of Paying For Health Care Is...

AP | MARK JEWELL | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Retirement-Costs, Health Care Costs Rising, Health Care Costs, Retirement, Cost of Retirement, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, Barack Obama, Obama Health Care Reform, Money News

BOSTON -- Couples retiring this year can expect their medical bills throughout retirement to cost 4 percent more than those who retired a year ago, ac...

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Rahm Emanuel Fights For Widely Criticized Debt Collector

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeffrey Young | Posted 05.08.2012

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel wants his Democratic colleague Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson to lay off hospital debt-collector Accretive Health,...

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Emerging From the Mess We're in: What the Feds Can Learn From New York

James R. Knickman | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Health Care Reform, Bipartisanship, Medicaid, Health Care Costs, Health Care, New York State Medicaid, New York State Health Care, New York Medicaid, NY Medicaid Redesign Team, New York Health Care, Medicaid Redesign Team, New York Medicaid Redesign Team, New York News

Admittedly, New York State has not always been a beacon for functional politics, but when I look at what we have accomplished related to our health care spending, it is clear that New York has been a real leader.

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Hickenlooper To Sign Hospital Information Bill

Posted 05.07.2012

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On Monday, Gov. John Hickenlooper signed a bill into law that changes how uninsured patients are billed after receiving hospital treatment. Senate...

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Access To Health Care Getting Worse, Even For Those With Insurance: Report

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeffrey Young | Posted 05.07.2012

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Even having good health insurance is no guarantee of getting the best health care. Ashlie Hubbard learned this the hard way after the birth of her dau...

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Here's What Has The Wealthy 'Terrified'

The Huffington Post | Jeffrey Young | Posted 05.07.2012

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Health care costs have even the wealthy worried. According to a new survey commissioned by Nationwide Financial and conducted by Harris Interactive...

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Oregon Reforms Health Care For Poor Residents

The Huffington Post | Jeffrey Young | Posted 05.03.2012

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Oregon may have found a way to improve the health care it provides poor residents while saving money. The federal government has agreed to give the st...

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U.S. Health Care Costs Highest In Industrialized World: Study

The Huffington Post | Jeffrey Young | Posted 05.03.2012

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Health care in America costs more than in other industrialized nation and we aren't even getting the world's best care for our dollars, according to a...

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Here Come The Feds: Hospital Debt Collection Under Scrutiny From Obama Cabinet Member And Democrats

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeffrey Young | Posted 05.02.2012

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Government regulators are looking into reports of aggressive debt collectors hassling patients at hospitals. Health and Human Services Secretary Ka...

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Putting Our Premiums Into Medical Care, Not Profits

Wendell Potter | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Congress, Senate, Jay Rockefeller, Obamacare, Health Care Reform, Affordable Care Act, Kaiser Family Foundation, Medical-Loss Ratio, Mlr, Health Care Spending, 112th Congress, Health Care, Health Care Costs, Politics News

Chances are that many of the people eligible for an insurance rebate are among those demanding that ObamaCare be repealed or struck down by the Supreme Court. Getting a check in the mail because of ObamaCare might make some of them reconsider.

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America's Costly Lifestyles

Joe S. Moore | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Obesity in America, Public Health Costs, Health Care Costs, Health, Affordable Care Act, Obesity Epidemic, Health Care Reform, Public Health, Obesity, Health Care, Cost of Obesity, Chronic Disease, Politics News

Our health care system isn't truly a health care system at all. It's a "sick care system" focused on addressing symptoms and treating illness, with little intent on keeping people well in the first place.

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Administration Halts Program That Helped Sick People Find Health Care

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeffrey Young | Posted 04.27.2012

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Health insurance agents and brokers will no longer be getting paid to tell sick people about a government-backed health insurance plan that can't turn...

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Nonprofit Hospitals Sued 40,000 Patients Over Unpaid Bills

The Huffington Post | Jeffrey Young | Posted 04.27.2012

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Hospitals in North Carolina are taking debt-collection to a whole new level. Certain North Carolina hospitals sued 40,000 patients for unpaid bill...

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Addressing Disparities, Promoting Health Equity and Ending HIV/AIDS

Jeffrey Levi | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Public Health, HIV/AIDS, Health Disparities, The Waters Bill, HIV and AIDS, Hiv Screening, Serostatus, Maxine Waters, Minority Health Care Inequality, AIDs Epidemic, National Hiv/Aids Strategy, Health Care Equality, Health Care, Health Care Costs, Healthy Living News

We've come a long way in the battle against HIV/AIDS. However, we must remain vigilant: We cannot ignore the startling statistics of new HIV infections of gay and bisexual men, especially among black and Hispanic men.

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Debt Collector May Face Federal Investigation For 'Abusive' Hospital Tactics

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeffrey Young | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Debt, Congress, Minnesota, Health Care Costs, Economy, Jobs, Health Insurance, Business, Debt Collectors, Video, Pete Stark, Uninsured, Hospitals, Health Care, Healthcare, Business News

A debt-collection agency that reportedly worked to obtain money owed by patients inside U.S. hospitals should be investigated by federal authorities, ...

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