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This study is an analysis of the causes of the increase in health care costs. The major culprit in the seemingly endless rise in health care costs is found to be the removal of the patient as a major participant in the financial and medical choices that are currently being made by others in the name of the patient.
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www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa211.html
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Health care costs have increased dramatically over the last few decades and are now thought to be excessively high. That has caused the current political reevaluation of our health care system, including its funding and performance. This st...
http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa211es.html
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Absent reform, there is general agreement that health costs are likely to continue to rise in the foreseeable future. Many analysts have cited controlling health care costs as a key tenet for broader economic stability and growth, and President Obama has made cost control a focus of health reform efforts under way.
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www.kaiseredu.org/topics_im.asp?imID=1&parentID=61&id=3...
www.kaiseredu.org/topics_im.asp?imID=1&parentID=61&id=358
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AHRQ publications catalog, publications related to health care costs. ... You Are Here: AHRQ Home > News & Information > Publications & Products > AHRQ Publications Catalog > Health Care Costs and Utilization...
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www.ahrq.gov/news/pubcat/c_hccu.htm
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This fact sheet summarizes specific AHRQ research focusing on health care costs. ... Research on Lowering Health Care Costs ... Although the rate of growth in health care costs slowed somewhat in the mid-1990s, it has once again started to rise at a rate that exceeds other sectors of the economy.
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www.ahrq.gov/news/costsfact.htm
www.ahrq.gov/news/costsfact.htm
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Proposed government mandates--such as the Patients' Bill of Rights, Medicare reform, and health care tax changes--will continue to drive health care costs up...
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www.upenn.edu/almanac/v48/n25/HealthCosts.html
www.upenn.edu/almanac/v48/n25/HealthCosts.html
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• Nearly two out of 10 say health care costs are their biggest monthly expense after rent or mortgage payments. ... Condition of your health ; Cost concerns; Health care costs; Health care factors; Health care usage; Health insurance; Payment problems...
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www.usatoday.com/money/industries/health/2005-08-30-hea...
www.usatoday.com/money/industries/health/2005-08-30-health-care-crunch-survey_x.htm
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