News tagged with 'Healthcare Reform'

This latest Commonwealth Fund reports ranks the U.S. last in the delivery of low cost healthcare at the highest price among seven countries. The Netherlands ranks best.

Aside from rhetoric and divisiveness, NPR is tackling the entire health care debate by looking at how Americans contribute to their own rising health care costs. In this story, direct-to-consumer advertising is shown to have a huge impact on our prescription spending, the third most expensive cost in the U.S. system.

With a Senate Finance Committee vote looming on the Sen. Bacus reform plan, the insurance industry has quit the pretense of working cooperatively, and has issues an ominous report that costs will rise for all Americans.