Report: State’s health care spending growth rate remains at near-historic low
Minnesota’s growth in health care spending during 2013 remained at historically low levels, according to a report released Thursday from the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH). Spending ...
Put American patients first and drain the health care behemoth’s wasteful costs
DOGE won’t make much progress without lowering the rampant costs of the US health-care system, because an astounding 48% of ...
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The 2025 US healthcare market report
Inflation continued to drive up healthcare costs in the US in 2024. Over the next decade, the country’s healthcare spending ...
States absorb big increases in Medicaid for sicker-than-expected enrollees after COVID-19 pandemic
Pennsylvania's Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Scott Martin, R-Lancaster, said the pandemic amounted to a “pause ...
What Lamont’s CT budget proposal would mean for health care
Gov. Ned Lamont eyed Medicaid reimbursement rates, a hospital tax restructuring and pharmaceutical costs in his biennial ...
How Digital Can Address The Healthcare Crisis Of Capacity, Cost And Care
Chronic diseases account for about 90% of U.S. healthcare spending, yet many are preventable. New-age digital technologies ...
Study Medicaid cuts would cost state nearly half a billion annually
Proposed changes in Congress to Medicaid laws, if implemented, would cost the state nearly half a billion dollars a year in lost federal grants according to a new analysis from t Fiscal Policy ...
Pa. among states hit with more Medicaid costs from enrollees who are sicker after COVID-19 pandemic
To address higher-than-anticipated costs, Gov. Josh Shapiro has proposed an increase of $2.5 billion in Medicaid spending ...
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Rising cancer rates among young adults: Why employers must prioritize preventive care
The number one driver of health care costs in the United States is ... Americans diagnosed with cancer each year and treatment costs projected to exceed $240 billion by 2030, this troubling ...
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UnitedHealth Group CEO: US health care needs to be ‘less confusing, less complex and less costly’
Witty also cast blame on drug makers and hospitals for high health care costs, specifically pointing to pricey GLP-1 medications used for diabetes and weight loss. He noted that one of those anti ...
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UnitedHealth CEO remembers slain colleague, talks about root cause of health care woes
Witty's remarks came as the Minnesota-based health insurance and medical services company announced earnings that fell short of analysts projections ... care system must address the cost of ...