Tag: Health Costs
Hospital Prices Growing Faster Than Physician Prices
Efforts to reduce health care spending should focus on hospital prices
Medicare Patients With MS Face Higher Out-of-Pocket Rx Costs
Projected cumulative out-of-pocket spending for disease-modifying therapies for 2019 was $6,894
Financial Hardship From Medical Bills Common in ASCVD
Uninsured, low-income adults have highest burden of financial hardship from medical bills
Health Care Spending Per Person Increased to $5,641 in 2017
Spending per person increased 4.2 percent from 2016 to 2017; utilization increased 0.5 percent
Johnson & Johnson to Provide Drug Prices in TV Ads
Drug list prices, typical out-of-pocket costs will appear on screen at end of commercials
Cancer Survivors Face Hardship Over Medical Bills
Hardships greatest among younger cancer survivors versus patients without cancer history
Large Insulin Price Hike to Be Investigated by U.S. Congress
Currently, there is no effective generic alternative to brand-name insulin
Gun Injury Hospitalization Cost Over $911 Million 2010 to 2015
Average cost of hospitalization was $32,700 per patient; about 10 percent due to readmissions
Insulin Price More Than Doubled in the United States
Insulin spending rose from about $2,900 in 2012 to about $5,700 in 2016
Prices Still Explain High U.S. Health Care Spending
Health care prices explain difference in spending between United States and other countries
