Article: Employers and government must act to cut health care costs.(Editorial)

Article: Double-Digit Health Care Cost ...
Business Wire;  October 29, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... with double-digit health care cost increases in 2002, marking the ... fundamental change in the way health care is delivered." Cost Increases by Plan Type On average ... absorb double-digit health care cost increases and are having to evaluate ...

Article: Hewitt Associates: Health Care Cost ...
Health & Beauty Close-Up;  October 3, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... of extensive health care reform, employers ... California saw higher health care increases this ... study. 2009 Cost Increases by Plan Type ... receive average cost increases of 5.0 percent ... mitigate rising health care costs, employers ...

Article: Hewitt Associates' Data Reveals U.S. Health Care ...
Business Wire;  September 29, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... mitigate rising health care costs through ... of extensive health care reform, employers ... 2010." 2009 Cost Increases by Major Metropolitan ... California saw higher health care increases this ... study. 2009 Cost Increases by Plan Type ...

Article: Cost emerges a major issue for corporate health plans; ...
Business Insurance;  December 17, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... C. survey say cost increases are of ``critical ... managing their health care programs. By contrast ... prescription drug cost increases over the last few years have outpaced cost increases for other health care-related services ...

Article: U.S. Companies Face Lowest Health Care Cost ...
Business Wire;  October 10, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... significant health care cost increases, but 2005 ... increase in health care costs next ... encouraging to see cost increases stabilizing ... national health care practice leader ... slightly lower cost increases are due to ...

Article: Health Care Cost Increases Remain ...
PR Newswire;  June 5, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... challenged by the fact that health care cost increases are more than four times ... reasons for the double-digit health care cost increases, including: -- Increasing patient demand for health care services as the population ...

Article: Hewitt Associates Data Reveals Lowest U.S. Health ...
Business Wire;  October 9, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... always encouraging to see a decline in health care cost increases, we continue to be concerned about ... demographics and market dynamics of health care providers often result in health care cost increases that vary in each region Co and vary ...