health care costs

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  Individual rates to climb despite lower health cost increases

  By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR  |  June 18, 2013

  But analysts see headaches ahead for healthy, higher-income buyers of individual coverage.

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  Need surgery? Good luck getting hospital cost info

  By Lindsey Tanner  |  February 12, 2013

  A researcher finds that transparency in U.S. hip replacement costs is a fantasy.

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  Benefits firms: Health cost moderation to continue in 2013

  By Allison Bell  |  October 4, 2012

  Segal, Aon Hewitt and Towers Watson find pricing to be relatively calm as 2014 approaches.

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  Insurer think tank: radiologists not the villains

  By Allison Bell  |  September 25, 2012

  A typical group plan enrollee's costs rose 4.6 percent in 2011. Specialists did well.

• The silent robber of middle class income? It's still health care

  By Staff Writer  |  September 13, 2012

  A business editor notices that health care costs affect workers' true income.

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  Cuba Campaign Takes on 'Free' Health Care

  By Peter Orsi, Associated Press  |  August 27, 2012

  A Havana resident says some doctors charge patients "under the table," but life expectancy is high and infant mortality is low.

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  Home Health Workers Face Growing Demand, Flat Pay

  By John Seewer, Associated Press  |  August 6, 2012

  Will anyone pay to expand the home health worker labor force? If so, who? How?

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  CMS Analysts: Health Cost Relief Only Temporary

  By Allison Bell  |  June 13, 2012

  Medicare actuaries and economists expect spending to grow about 4% per year for two years, then climb about 7% in 2014.

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  Milliman Health Cost Study: Facilities Outmuscle Physicians

  By Allison Bell  |  May 15, 2012

  Employer plan costs rose 5% for physician care, 7.6% for hospital inpatient care, and 8.6% for outpatient care.

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  An Incorrect Diagnosis: What's Really Wrong With Medicare

  By Richard Hoe  |  April 19, 2012

  A bout with shingles exposed the troubles with getting a correct diagnosis — and how that's causing waste in the Medicare system.