Tag: Health Costs
2007 to 2019 Saw Increase in Inflation-Adjusted Health Care Spending
From 2007 to 2019, medical burden increased from 23.5 to 26.4 percent for low-income families and from 5.4 to 6.5 percent for higher-income families
High Telehealth Use Tied to Increased Health Care Utilization, Cost
Areas of high telehealth use also had more ambulatory care-sensitive hospitalizations
New Rules Mean 3.6 Million Americans Could Get Wegovy Via Medicare, Costing Billions
$282 Billion: What Mental Illness Costs America Each Year
Biosimilar Biologics Do Not Always Reduce Out-of-Pocket Costs
Findings seen in large study of commercially insured outpatients examining seven biologics, before and after biosimilar availability
Medical Debt Linked to Worse Health Status, Increased Mortality
Increase seen in physically and mentally unhealthy days during past month, years of life lost, age-adjusted all-cause mortality rate
Delayed Melanoma Care During Pandemic Proved Costly
Delayed diagnoses due to pandemic lockdowns tied to years of life lost
This Election Year, Health Care Costs Top Voter Concerns: Poll
Gross Price of Insulin Much Higher in the United States
On average, U.S. manufacturer prices are 971 percent of those in 33 OECD comparison countries
Price of Prescription Drugs Almost Threefold Higher in the United States
U.S. prices for brand-name originator drugs 422 percent higher; price of unbranded generics 67 percent of comparison countries
