Unfortunately, the US health care system continues to practice a penny-wise, pound-foolish approach ... curb overall health care spending. Unfortunately, shortsighted policies across our health ...

Reforms for slowing the growth in health care spending and increasing the value of care have largely focused on insurance-based solutions. Consumer-driven health care represents the most recent ...

It is helpful to find lower cost resources and health care providers who will work with us to keep expenses affordable. February is Wise Health Consumer Month. We can all benefit from learning ...

The second goal may be more important than the first. Some estimates suggest that as much as 25 percent of U.S. health care spending is wasteful. Our current use of HSAs acts as a corrective ...

According to an AMA policy report on health spending trends, health care spending grew by 7.5% in 2023, significantly above growth rates of 4.6% in 2022, 4.2% in 2021 and 4.4% in 2019. Health care ...

This week’s big hearing focuses on health care – by far the largest chunk of state spending. According to the governor, New York is expected to spend over $100 billion of the $252 billion ...

Not surprisingly, people in the nation’s poorest states spend the largest share of their earnings on health care costs, a new ...

New York today ranks second-highest overall nationally in health care spending per person ($14,000). As Republicans in Congress debate cutting Medicaid, New York's health care system overall ...

Health care spending in Clackamas and Deschutes counties averaged roughly $7,900 per person in 2019, the most of anywhere in Oregon. The spending likely reflects populations who are proactive ...

The one-year increase was the second highest since the state established its benchmark to rein in expenditures in 2013 Health care spending in Massachusetts soared 8.6 percent to $78.1 billion in ...