Article: Costly coverage; Health insurance premiums rise again, outpace wages.(BUSINESS)

Article: Growth in U.S. Health Care Spending Hit 37-Year Low in '96; 4.4 Percent Rise Was Less Than GDP Gain, but Analysts Say Costs Are Accelerating
The Washington Post;  January 13, 1998 ;     684 words ......say. Spending on health care rose 4.4 percent in 1996, down from...expanded by 5.1 percent, according to the...researchers at the Health Care Financing Administration...1993 through 1996, health care consumed a steady 13.6 percent of the gross domestic...

Article: VHA/Corbett Study Projects Health Care Outsourcing Budgets to Increase 30 Percent By 2003; Executives Believe Outsourcing Can Help Manage Industry's Continual Change.
PR Newswire;  December 10, 2001 ;     700+ words ...IRVING, Texas -- Health care industry outsourcing...will increase 30 percent by 2003, according...increasing. The health care industry will use 17 percent of its operating...compared with 35 percent in 2000). Health care providers are uniquely...

Article: POOR FACE HEALTH CARE BARRIERS 23 PERCENT IN KY. LIVE IN POVERTY.(NEWS)
The Kentucky Post (Covington, KY);  June 21, 1997 ;     425 words ......obstacles in obtaining health care, according to a study...you can't really buy health care,'' said JoAnn Myers, who...data. An estimated 13 percent, or 431,000 residents...over the age of 25 is 65 percent, compared with the national average of 75 percent. Owsley County also ...

Article: Health care businesses' income up 5.4 percent
Charleston Gazette;  September 24, 1999 ;     200 words ......hospitals, the increases were 3.0 percent and 3.9 percent in those years. The report said income for taxable...offices and clinics in 1998 was $189 billion, up 5.2 percent. It had risen 3.8 percent a year earlier. Dentists' income rose 6.2 percent to $54 billion and optometrists' receipts ...

Article: Health Care Rose 6.9 Percent in 2000
AP Online;  January 8, 2002 ;     526 words ......of the nation's health care rose 6.9 percent to $1.3 trillion...government says. Health care spending averaged...know, we expect health care costs will continue...there was a 17.3 percent increase in prescription...population ages, health care gradually is ...

Article: Most Americans Want Health Care for Everyone, Not Just 95 Percent
The Journal Record;  July 28, 1994 ;     375 words ......want a national health care program to cover everyone, not just 95 percent of the people, according...feeling that the health care system must be changed...slipped, from 83 percent in an AP poll in January to 69 percent this month. Those...

Article: Nearly 2.2 Million Ohioans Are in Families that Will Spend More than 10 Percent of Their Income on Health Care Costs
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  December 5, 2007 ;     700+ words ......spend more than 25 percent of their pre-tax income on health care costs in 2008...spend more than 10 percent of their pre-tax income on health care costs: * In 2000...spent more than 10 percent of their pre-tax income on health care costs. * Between...

Article: SPENDING ON HEALTH CARE RISES 7 PERCENT HOSPITALS, DRUG COSTS CONTRIBUTE TO FASTEST ACCELERATION IN 12 YEARS
The Boston Globe;  January 8, 2002 ;     490 words ......control costs, US health care spending rose 7 percent in 2000, the fastest...that considering health care spending grew just 5.7 percent in 1999, it was...Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, and Tufts Health...premiums 8 to 15 percent this year. In...

Article: Health Care Premiums Jump 11.2 Percent
AP Online;  September 10, 2004 ;     700+ words ......Dateline: NEW YORK Health care costs continued...plans jumped 11.2 percent, the fourth year...AP Graphic) Health care costs continued...plans jumped 11.2 percent, the fourth year...effect of rising health care costs is taking...below the 13.9 percent reported in ...

Article: Health care eating away at income; cost exceeds 10 percent of household budget for scores of Americans under 65.
Beaumont Enterprise (Beaumont, TX);  December 13, 2006 ;     616 words ......spend more than 10 percent of their income on health care, according to new...They measured the health-care burdens exceeding 10 percent and 20 percent of...spending more than 20 percent of their budget on health care. The study also highlights...

Article: Milwaukee-Area Consultant Predicts 23 Percent Hike in Health-Care Premiums.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  October 15, 2002 ;     700+ words ......would remain 17 percent higher than...projected national health care cost of $6,295...the average health care cost in 2002 rose 12.8 percent in the Milwaukee...greater than 15 percent. Among Hewitt...The average health care cost in Milwaukee...

Article: More than 1.3 Million Washingtonians Are in Families that Will Spend More than 10 Percent of Their Income on Health Care Costs in 2008
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  December 11, 2007 ;     700+ words ......spend more than 25 percent of their pre-tax income on health care costs in 2008...spend more than 10 percent of their pre-tax income on health care costs: * In 2000...spent more than 10 percent of their pre-tax income on health care costs. * Between...

Article: 701,000 Iowans Are in Families that Will Spend More than 10 Percent of Their Income on Health Care Costs in 2008
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  December 4, 2007 ;     700+ words ......spend more than 25 percent of their pre-tax income on health care costs in 2008...spend more than 10 percent of their pre-tax income on health care costs: * In 2000...spent more than 10 percent of their pre-tax income on health care costs. * Between...

Article: 852,000 Oregonians Are in Families that Will Spend More than 10 Percent of Their Income on Health Care Costs in 2008
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  December 18, 2007 ;     700+ words ......spend more than 25 percent of their pre-tax income on health care costs in 2008...spend more than 10 percent of their pre-tax income on health care costs: * In 2000...spent more than 10 percent of their pre-tax income on health care costs. * Between...