Health Care Spending

Putting Our Premiums Into Medical Care, Not Profits

Wendell Potter | Posted 05.01.2012

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Chances are that many of the people eligible for an insurance rebate are among those demanding that ObamaCare be repealed or struck down by the Supreme Court.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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The $2 Trillion Question

Dr. Cindy Haines | Posted 04.24.2012

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Why is it that America is still spending $2 trillion on health care, mostly treating people after they become sick? How can we shift money toward prevention, where each dollar can save us multiple dollars on treatment?

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Put Down The X-Ray Machine And Back Away

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeffrey Young | Posted 04.04.2012

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WASHINGTON -- With health care costs growing out of control, medical societies made up of family physicians, cardiologists and other specialists have ...

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10 Countries Spending The Most On Health Care

Posted 03.29.2012

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24/7 Wall St.: This week, the Supreme Court considered President Obama’s health care reform law. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act expa...

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Entitlements Hysteria

Jeffrey Sachs | Posted 04.18.2012

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One of the unshakable myths of the punditariat is that the federal government is going bankrupt because of entitlements spending, especially spending on Medicare and Medicaid. This is a stampede of unreason, contradicted by the facts.

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S&P Warns It May Cut 'Highly Rated' G20 Countries On Healthcare Spending

Reuters | Posted 03.31.2012

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* Ratings of some developed nations at risk due to rising welfare costs * Rapidly ageing populations mean more healthcare costs in fu...

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New Report Calms Jittery White House Ahead Of 2012

AP | By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | Posted 01.10.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Is health-care relief finally in sight? Health spending stabilized as a share of the nation's economy in 2010 after two back-to-back ye...

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Have America's Ballooning Health Care Costs Finally Turned A Corner?

AP | RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | Posted 03.10.2012

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WASHINGTON — Is health-care relief finally in sight? Health spending stabilized as a share of the nation's economy in 2010 after two back-to-bac...

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10 States Spending The Most On Health Care

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 12.08.2011

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How much Americans spend on health care can vary widely across the country, and it's those states with wealthier populations that tend to spend the mo...

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Hot-Spotting: It's How, Not How Much

Dylan Ratigan | Posted 01.28.2012

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Imagine if you could identify a small number of patients who end up eating up most health care dollars. Let's say you could focus resources just on them, while also cutting the overall amount of health care spending dramatically. This isn't fiction, it comes from Camden, New Jersey.

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Ron Paul's Ex-Campaign Manager's Death Backdrop For Health Insurance Position

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.14.2011

WASHINGTON -- When CNN's Wolf Blitzer pressed Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) over what he would do if a 30-year-old uninsured man suddenly slipped into a com...

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SHOCK VIDEO: Debate Audience Says Uninsured Patient Should Be Left To Die

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.12.2011

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A bit of a startling moment happened near the end of Monday night's CNN debate when a hypothetical question was posed to Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas). "...

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Medical Consumers Are Gaining More Power

Dr. Cindy Haines | Posted 10.25.2011

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Many Americans are getting their health coverage through high-deductible plans these days, so they have a newfound interest in seeking bargains ...

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The Economic Urgency of Health Care Reform

Gov. Peter Shumlin | Posted 10.05.2011

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I have launched an ambitious effort to implement a single payer health care system in Vermont. Under the plan, single payer coverage will be a right and not a privilege, and will not be connected to employment. This is groundbreaking.

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By 2020, Health Care Spending To Cost Nearly $14,000 Per Person: Report

AP | RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | Posted 09.27.2011

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WASHINGTON — The nation's health care tab is on track to hit $4.6 trillion in 2020, accounting for about $1 of every $5 in the economy, governme...

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Healthcare Reform: Solving the Medical Student Debt Crisis Through Human Capital Contracts

Anand Reddi | Posted 08.10.2011

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Despite the enactment of healthcare reform by the United States Congress in 2010, organized medicine has yet to successfully tackle the issue of medical student debt.

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Rethinking Health Care Spending

Maggie Kozel, M.D. | Posted 08.09.2011

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Everyone agrees that our healthcare system -- and Medicare in particular -- is financially unsustainable.

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Modernizing Health Care: Lessons From The Matrix (Yes, the Movie)

Roy Schoenberg, M.D. | Posted 07.10.2011

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Fortune-telling aside, if we empower patients with both the instrument to choose and acquire their care, and the way to do so responsibly -- we may see health care spending inching towards sanity

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Medicare Debate Can't Only Be About Cuts

Tommy G. Thompson | Posted 07.04.2011

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Instead of focusing on broad cuts to Medicare spending, lawmakers should get to the root of the problem and fix the underlying payment system. One model for fixing this problem is already at work in California.

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Health Care Overhaul Will Increase Government Spending, But Not By Much

AP | RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The nation's health care tab will go up – not down – as a result of President Barack Obama's sweeping overhaul. That's ...

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Are 'We the People' Baby-Eaters from The Road?

Olivia Rosewood | Posted 05.25.2011

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The only way I could relate to the brutality of the fictitious cannibalism of The Road was through my experience with our country's health care system.

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Public Health Care Spending To EXCEED Private Insurance Spending In 2011

Wall Street Journal | PETER LANDERS | Posted 05.25.2011

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For the first time, government programs next year will account for more than half of all U.S. health-care spending, federal actuaries predict, as the ...

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The Real Cost of Obesity

Arthur Agatston, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

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No matter what health care delivery system this country adopts, no matter what plan or series of plans are enacted, it will be bankrupted in no time b...

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Healthcare Reform That Conservatives Could Love

Nathan Lewis | Posted 05.25.2011

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No "healthcare reform" plan is going to work that involves spending more money. That would just make the problem worse.

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Obama Wants New Cuts In Federal Health Spending

AP | CHARLES BABINGTON | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said Saturday he wants to help pay for his health care overhaul by slowing Medicare and Medicaid spending, b...

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