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Patients bear brunt as cancer care spending hits $90 billion
The cost of cancer treatment is skyrocketing both for individual patients and the nation, a new analysis shows. From...
Web Exclusive: Insurer Survey Projects Double-Digit Health Plan Cost Increases in 2010
A survey of insurers projects the cost of employer-provided health plans will increase at a "double-digit"...
The Five Best Things and Five Worst Things About Healthcare in 2009
The year 2009 was an eventful, some would even say historic, year in healthcare. Washington spent most of the year...
Employers try to limit rising health plan costs
Many employers are considering changes, including raising co-pays on prescription drugs to increase their employees...
Women More Likely to Skip Healthcare Because of Costs
A study has found women to be more likely than men to face difficulties getting necessary care because they cannot...
Web Exclusive: Global Marketer: Medical Travel to Grow Despite (or Because of) Economy
At least one global hospital executive is confident the medical travel business will expand in the future and may even...
Health insurance squeezes America's workers
American workers are getting squeezed like no other group by private health insurance premiums that are rising much...
Web Exclusive: The Time to Innovate is Now
Your hospital can't purchase new equipment or update aging facilities. You may have to cut services and lay off...
Costa Rica expects 100,000 medical travelers in next five years
Officials estimate that as many as 100,000 people will visit Costa Rica over the next five years for medical care. The...
More patients turning to advocates to help navigate the billing system
With health costs rising for many patients across the nation, experts say a growing number are turning to billing...