News tagged with 'Chronic Conditions'

While community gardens, grass-fed beef, hiking and college degrees are the norm in Burlington, Vermont, unemployment, southern fried food and a lack of exercise underscore life in Huntington, West Virginia. Guess which is healthier?

The Commonwealth Fund's survey of 7,500 from eight countries finds the U.S. spends the most and offers the least for chronic conditions.  82 percent of the uninsured go without care because of the cost, half of the insured. Patients raise the cost for all when they go without care. 

Six days and counting and a brief overview is presented here on both candidates health care plans.  Health care and the economy are the top issues. Elizabeth Edwards, who has made health care her top priority, says neither plan offers universal coverage, the cheapest way to go.

Even with employer sponsored health plans, Americans are having trouble paying their health care bills. While the premiums have doubled in the last decade, salaries have increased one-third.  Employers are offering less, deductibles are up. It's a formula for change, policy analysts conclude.