Why Health Care Is So Expensive

Why Health Care Is So Expensive

When you get sick, you shouldn’t have to decide between medical care and rent. Medical costs are already unreasonable for 25 percent of Americans, and are getting worse every year.

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Speed And Safety At The FDA: Generic Drug Approvals Reach Record Highs

New legislation increases the speed of the FDA approval process for generics by introducing fees for applying manufacturers. This is not a new approach – manufacturers have been paying application

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Prescribing generic drugs could have saved $73 billion

The nation could have saved an estimated $73 billion from 2010 to 2012 if clinicians had more frequently prescribed alternatives to brand-name drugs, a JAMA Internal Medicine study finds. The

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The Changing Consensus on Healthcare Cost

FEW YEARS AGO, it was accepted wisdom among economists that shifting more of the burden of medical expenses to patients would help reduce the cost of healthcare in America, the

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Debt Collectors Sue Over Medical Bills as Small as $60

Two years ago, the president of Credit Management Services, a collection agency in Grand Island, Nebraska, presented a struggling local family with the keys to a used 2007 Mercury Grand

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US Health Care Prices Are All Over the Map, New Study Finds

Why does a knee replacement cost $29,000 in Kansas but $40,000 in next-door Colorado? Health care prices are all over the map in the U.S., a new study finds. It

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8 Reasons Health Insurance Costs Continue to Rise

Whether you’re a small business owner or a small business advisor, here’s a phrase8 Reasons Health Insurance Costs Continue to Rise we all know too well – health care costs

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New tool to help Floridians learn more about healthcare prices

Consumers skeptical about the real cost of healthcare will soon have a resource where they can ask and share with their neighbors the price of common medical procedures. Starting Thursday,

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Obamacare Seems to Be Reducing People’s Medical Debt

Even if you lack health insurance, you’ll probably be able to get treatment at a hospital in the event of a catastrophe — if you’re struck by a car, say.

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For The Insured But Cash-Strapped, Free Health Clinics Still Have A Place

Denise Johnson works two jobs, but neither of them offers health insurance to part-timers like her. She signed up for a marketplace plan this year, but for routine medical care

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