Healthcare costs choking smaller firms, survey finds.

Crain's Cleveland Business;  June 6, 1994 ;   Santiago, Racquel;   779 words ......health insurance alternatives, their healthcare costs continue to take a big bite out of...the last decade to hold down their healthcare costs, a majority of the survey respondents...companies. When asked to estimate their healthcare costs as a percentage of payroll, 45% of...

Should healthcare costs influence your choice of a future business...

Expansion Management;  January 1, 2007 ;   King, Bill;   488 words ......don't factor in the differences in healthcare costs from location to location, you are...political hot air about wildly escalating healthcare costs, it's nothing short of incredible...when asked about how they factor healthcare costs into their location searches, respond...

How to control healthcare costs

The Boston Globe;  December 1, 2007 ;   James Roosevelt Jr.; Charles D. Baker;   705 words ......purchase health insurance makes rising healthcare costs particularly burdensome. Experts estimate...years. Understanding what's driving healthcare costs is the first step toward controlling...more information on what is driving healthcare costs, calling for a public hearing on any...

HEALTHCARE COSTS, QUALITY PLACED FRONT AND CENTER

The Boston Globe;  September 29, 2006 ;     181 words ...TRANSPARENCY OF healthcare costs is a high-profile issue in 2006. Substantial...believe full disclosure will help control healthcare costs. In spite of the assumptions that healthcare costs are too high and hospitals and physicians...

Peter Orszag: Rising healthcare costs pose fundamental risk to U.S.(WEB)

The Christian Science Monitor;  September 18, 2007 ;     544 words ...Byline: David Cook Rising healthcare costs are the most pressing budget...s remarks were focused on healthcare costs, which he views as much more...involving the rate at which healthcare costs grow.... Social Security and...

Taming runaway healthcare costs

Growth Strategies;  August 1, 2002 ;   Anonymous;   629 words ......been writing about out-of-control healthcare costs for as long as we can remember, but...William M. Mercer, employers saw their healthcare costs go up by an average of 11.2% in 2001...the two greatest causes of runaway healthcare costs: third-party payment (which gives...

UNION SAYS GE CONTRACT HOLDS LINE ON WORKERS' SHARE OF HEALTHCARE COSTS

The Boston Globe;  June 17, 2003 ;   Kimberly Blanton, Globe Staff;   492 words ......attempt to shift a greater share of healthcare costs to workers. Over the weekend, General...agreement that may avert a strike over healthcare costs. "Under the circumstances, we won...rise, as GE predicts. GE said its healthcare costs have risen to $1.6 billion in 2003...

GenoMed Offers to Freeze Healthcare Costs at Current Levels for Next Three...

PR Newswire;  October 9, 2003 ;     787 words ......company, offered a plan to freeze healthcare costs at last year's level for the next...attack. The fact that up to 70 of healthcare costs in the US are still spent in the last...Americans pay $1.5 trillion a year in healthcare costs. The reason why healthcare costs ...

Rising Healthcare Costs Cut Into Profits for Half of Large US Businesses.

PR Newswire;  July 18, 2005 ;     787 words ......Companies Are Looking to Shift More Healthcare Costs to Employees WASHINGTON, July 18...large US companies said that increased healthcare costs have contributed to slower profit...ahead. Survey respondents said that healthcare costs per employee had risen by an average...

Survey says: healthcare costs in critical condition.

Crain's Cleveland Business;  August 12, 1991 ;   Lafuente, Della de;   708 words ...Survey says: Healthcare costs in critical condition Soaring...a struggle between unwieldy healthcare costs and providing healthcare for...benefits managers about controlling healthcare costs and retiree medical benefits...

Healthcare Costs, Lack of Money Top List of Financial Concerns; List shows...

Gallup Poll News Service;  August 13, 2007 ;   Guadalupe, Patricia;   491 words ...Byline: Patricia Guadalupe Synopsis: Healthcare costs are the most important personal financial...last eight months. PRINCETON, NJ -- Healthcare costs are the most important personal financial...climbing, it may not be surprising that healthcare costs consistently rank at the top of ...

Study: Mass. healthcare costs are 4th-highest

The Boston Globe;  November 20, 2006 ;   Jeffrey Krasner;   623 words ......trouble when it comes to controlling healthcare costs: It has among the highest such costs...firm, to be released today. Average healthcare costs for an individual employee, including...compared to 2005. "Traditionally, healthcare costs in Massachusetts have been much higher...

Healthcare costs.(CEO Trends Survey Results and Reactions)

Florida Trend;  December 1, 2006 ;   Lyash, Jeff;   202 words ...Rising healthcare costs continue to impact companies...have begun to slow the growth in healthcare costs. For 2007, employee contributions...percent are your organization's healthcare costs projected to rise in 2007? say...

Lowering healthcare costs: government action--and inaction--in diverse...

The New American;  September 5, 2005 ;   Williamsen, Kurt;   787 words ...Healthcare costs are skyrocketing. Most people are frustrated...responsible for causing much of the sharp rise in healthcare costs in the United States, which has the highest healthcare costs per capita in the world. Because many of the...

Union Says GE Contract Holds Line on Workers' Share of Healthcare Costs.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  June 17, 2003 ;     524 words ......attempt to shift a greater share of healthcare costs to workers. Over the weekend, General...agreement that may avert a strike over healthcare costs. Under the circumstances, we won a...rise, as GE predicts. GE said its healthcare costs have risen to $1.6 billion in 2003...