Read more health care costs stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/180/health-care-costs.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 7:03:02 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74116/public-doesnt-want-to-pay-for-health-care-fix.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAmericans are enthusiastic about health care reform, but only as long as it doesn't drive up the price of their own premiums, a new AP poll finds. Whenever questions were framed broadly, voters seemed to support Democrats’ plans, but when asked about specific trade-offs they balked. A whopping 82%, for...http://www.newser.com/story/74116/public-doesnt-want-to-pay-for-health-care-fix.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 16 Nov 2009 10:17:33 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73371/gop-health-plan-would-leave-52m-uninsured.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe GOP health care bill has no chance of passing—but if it did, most people who already have coverage would see their premiums drop, while 52 million Americans currently uninsured would stay that way. So says a report by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, which largely confirms Dems' claims...http://www.newser.com/story/73371/gop-health-plan-would-leave-52m-uninsured.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 05 Nov 2009 7:50:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72540/us-health-care-wastes-700b-a-year.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA study by Thomson Reuters released today confirms President Obama's contention that the American health care system is hemorrhaging billions of dollars a year, with one-third of the cost of care wasted on inefficiency, mistakes, and fraud. The report, which cites dozens of research papers, finds that about $700 billion...http://www.newser.com/story/72540/us-health-care-wastes-700b-a-year.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 26 Oct 2009 5:53:09 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71573/dour-industry-report-backfires.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe health insurance industry report presented yesterday that predicts the reform bill will do little to stop rising costs appears to have backfired. Dems are up in arms at the timing and content of the “misleading and harmful” attack from their erstwhile ally in the effort. Sen. Jay Rockefeller used...http://www.newser.com/story/71573/dour-industry-report-backfires.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 13 Oct 2009 10:14:47 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71448/insurance-group-bashes-baucus-bill-with-report.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe White House is steamed this morning over a report, sponsored by the insurance industry, saying the Senate Finance Committee’s health care bill would cause premiums and costs to rise. The report was commissioned by America’s Health Insurance Plans, an industry group that has until now supported reform publicly, while...http://www.newser.com/story/71448/insurance-group-bashes-baucus-bill-with-report.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 12 Oct 2009 7:38:39 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70590/soda-tax-deserves-to-fizzle.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTaxing soda is at best a stupid idea and at worst a cynical ploy by a money-grubbing government, writes Katherine Mangu-Ward for Reason . Here's why: Sin taxes don't work: "None of the nickel-and-dime proposals on the table is large enough to discourage soda drinking," Mangu-Ward writes. "And they're not really...http://www.newser.com/story/70590/soda-tax-deserves-to-fizzle.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 30 Sep 2009 13:39:11 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70162/premiums-likely-to-soar-under-obamacare.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCurrent health care legislation would require every American to buy health insurance, but would do little or nothing to control the skyrocketing premiums they’d have to pay, the LA Times reports. Versions of the bill try to address the problem indirectly—with a public option in the House bill and...http://www.newser.com/story/70162/premiums-likely-to-soar-under-obamacare.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 24 Sep 2009 9:27:20 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69744/sometimes-a-bad-bill-is-good-enough.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagProgressives will soon face their "long-dreaded moment of truth" on health care reform, Paul Krugman writes in the New York Times . Any bill that emerges is bound to disappoint, and "the question is where to draw the line," he explains. "How bad does a bill have to be to make...http://www.newser.com/story/69744/sometimes-a-bad-bill-is-good-enough.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 18 Sep 2009 10:26:56 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69539/40-of-employers-to-hike-health-plan-costs-next-year.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMany Americans are happy with their employer-sponsored health care plans and eager to keep them, but they won't be keeping them at the current price, the Washington Post reports. In a survey released yesterday, some 40% of employers said they expect to increase the amount their employees paid for health...http://www.newser.com/story/69539/40-of-employers-to-hike-health-plan-costs-next-year.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 16 Sep 2009 9:07:29 CDT