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In Battle Over Health Care Costs


In Battle Over Health Care Costs, Private Equity Plays Both Sides

As medical practices owned by private equity firms fuel overbilling, a payment tool also backed by such investors helps insurers boost their ...

Legal battle over health costs could change workplace benefits - Axios

Workers are seeking to hold employers accountable for cutting bad deals on health benefits.

How rising health care prices are harming employers and families

In a webinar on Aug. 27, we'll hear from experts on how they used data on hospital prices to negotiate with health systems in their network.

Americans' Challenges with Health Care Costs - KFF

KFF polling has found that the high cost of health care is a burden on US families, and that health care costs factor into decisions about insurance coverage ...

These Employers Took On Healthcare Costs, and the Fight Got Nasty

Indiana group's bruising battle for legislation to limit hospital fees is spurring employer groups in other states to follow suit.

The Paradox of Reducing Health Care Spending - PMC

If you spend less money on health care, you'll have more money to spend on other things. It works that way for governments, too. So if the federal government ...

As House Republicans Release Budget to Increase Health Care ...

President Biden and Vice President Harris fight to lower health care costs and protect and strengthen the ACA, Medicaid, and Medicare.

Employers face steep jump in health care costs for 2024 | CNN Politics

The cost of job-based health care coverage for 2024 is expected to rise at its fastest pace in years as inflation pervades insurance policies.

What Drives High Health Care Costs–and How to Fight Back

Every dollar of those costs is someone's revenue, resistance from physicians, hospitals, drug and device companies, insurers, and others must be overcome.

2023 Costs of Caring | AHA - American Hospital Association

Hospitals appreciate the support and resources that Congress have provided throughout the COVID-19 pandemic; however, additional support is ...

Insurers Say Health Care Costs Will Jump in 2024 - SHRM

The cost of medical care benefits in the US is projected to increase about 8.9 percent in 2024, compared with 8.2 percent in 2023.

The Truth About Government-Controlled Health Care

As a general rule, most Americans are still satisfied with their private or employment-sponsored health insurance, which is financing their access to medical ...

President Biden Takes New Steps to Lower Prescription Drug and ...

The Biden-Harris Administration is acting to lower prescription drug costs, keep health insurance premiums low, expand access to health care, especially mental ...

How to save more than $767 billion in health care costs - STAT News

The reason for the affordability crisis is clear: rising prices for health care services and prescription drugs. Simply stated, rising costs ...

Impact of the conflict on the costs of primary health care and ...

This study assesses the impact of the Russian Federation's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 on the country's primary health care (PHC) providers.

Reducing Health Care Spending: What Tools Can States Leverage?

Learn strategies for reducing healthcare costs and how state governments can support reform with this report. See which policies can help ...

9 Reasons for Rising Healthcare Costs - PeopleKeep

Insurance pays medical providers for quantity, not quality. Most health insurance companies—including Medicare—pay doctors, hospitals, and other ...

Congress may face a reckoning on health care costs - Axios

14.] This year's Democratic legislation allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices was a rare case of addressing costs amid intense drug ...

Is our healthcare system broken? - Harvard Health

The US healthcare system is expensive, complicated, dysfunctional — and broken. The system needs a major overhaul, and the arguments for ...

Complexity in the US Health Care System Is the Enemy of Access ...

Lack of insurance coverage, high costs, and poor outcomes are well-documented problems in the US health care system, and policies to address ...