Filed under: cost of health care
As high court takes up health care, Calif. insurers raise rates
Health insurance premiums for many Californians are set to increase as much as 20 percent in the coming weeks, according to insurance company reports to federal and state agencies.
Read the Article>Health Care In America: Follow The Money
The Supreme Court takes up the Affordable Care Act next week, and NPR will be exploring the questions surrounding health care in America beforehand. Many of the publicly debated issues in the act hinge on money. How much is spent on our health? Who spends it? How?
Read the Article>GOP House budget sets up next spending, Medicare fights
House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan on Tuesday released his proposed 2013 budget, calling for steep spending limits and dramatic changes to Medicare -- setting up more contentious partisan battles in Congress.
Read the Article>Many U.S. Families Struggle to Pay Medical Bills
What the Business Roundtable knows about American health care
Knotty Challenges in Health Care Costs
The numbers, the projections, make health economists shudder. The average per capita cost of health care in the United States is over $8,000 annually, double the amount spent in most European countries. The Congressional Budget Office projects that unless costs are brought under control in the next decade, the nation will be spending all of its tax revenues on health care, Social Security, interest on the debt and defense — but mostly health care.
Read the Article>Doctors’ pay rises with new patients
Getting in to see a primary-care doctor at Massachusetts General and Brigham and Women’s hospitals has for years been notoriously hard, with many popular practices closed to new patients. But now, reflecting dramatic shifts in health care, the prestigious hospitals are paying doctors more if they agree to accept new patients.
Read the Article>Why an MRI costs $1,080 in America and $280 in France
