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Study: Health costs higher where hospital competition is lower
Spending by private insurers tends to be higher when the hospital market is less competitive, a new study finds. The...
How much will Medicare spending rise in the coming decade?
The CBO budget report says the growth in Medicare and Medicaid spending during the next decade "will be somewhat...
Basic Medicare premium to rise 15% in 2010
The basic Medicare premium will shoot up next year by 15%, to $110.50 a month, federal officials announced. The...
Hidden costs of Medicare Advantage
Seniors across the country revel in the free perks that private insurance companies bundle with legally mandated...
Medicare Advantage premiums expected to rise 25% next year
Premiums that seniors pay for Medicare Advantage plans will increase an average of 25% next year, largely because...
Web Exclusive: Reform Could Mean Lower Medicare Costs
Enacting national healthcare reform legislation to extend coverage to the uninsured could prove to be a boon to one...
Web Exclusive: AHIP Study: Medicare Advantage Provides Better Care Than FFS Medicare
The health insurance industry's lobbying group says new government data support their claim that Medicare Advantage...
Magazine: Online Insights
Doctors in McAllen, TX, became part of the growing national furor over rising healthcare costs since being paraded...
Web Exclusive: Medicare Spent $1.8 Billion for Improperly Filed Nursing Home Care
Medicare spent $1.8 billion in 2006 for hospice services for nursing home patients who did not meet requirements for...
Web Exclusive: House Bill Would Balance Medicare Part D Benefit Cost Increases with Lower Drug Costs
Medicare beneficiaries would see their Part D prescription drug benefits rise by 5% in 2011—and by 20% in...