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Employers push health care costs onto workers

Employers push health care costs onto workers

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) - There's no question health care costs take a big chunk out of workers' paychecks.But try to take solace in the fact that premiums are rising at modest levels, at least compared to a few years ago.That's the finding of the 2016 Kaiser/HRET Employer Health Benefits, released Wednesday.


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Implementation of value-driven outcomes tool in health care system can lead to lower costs, better quality

Implementation of value-driven outcomes tool in health care system can lead to lower costs, better quality

Implementing an analytic tool that allocates clinical care costs and quality measures to individual patient encounters was associated with significant improvements in value of care for 3 designated outcomes—total joint replacement, laboratory testing among medical inpatients, and sepsis management, according to a study appearing in the September 13 issue of JAMA.Fee-for-service payment models reward care volume over value.Under fee-for-service models, health care costs are increasing at a rate of 5.3 percent annually, accounted for 17.7 percent of the U.S. gross domestic product in 2014, and are projected to increase to 19.6 percent of the gross domestic product by 2024.


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Finally, a clear direction for veterans health care

Finally, a clear direction for veterans health care

For more than two years, ever since the scandal over secret waiting lists at some Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals erupted, we have been debating how to reform the delivery of health care to veterans.The men and women who sacrificed serving this country need real and lasting solutions, but until now they have received only temporary measures and partisan debate.Finally the time for talk is over because there is now widespread agreement on how to ensure veterans get the best possible care that meets their unique needs.


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Americans believe cancer to be major health care challenge, Mayo Clinic survey reveals

Americans believe cancer to be major health care challenge, Mayo Clinic survey reveals

While Zika remains a hot topic in the news, a new survey by Mayo Clinic reveals that Americans believe the country's most significant health care challenge is cancer.In fact, the survey findings report "infectious diseases, such as Zika and Ebola," are tied with HIV/AIDS as the least important health care challenges listed by respondents following cancer; obesity; neurological diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; diabetes and heart disease.These findings were uncovered as part of the Mayo Clinic National Health Checkup, which first launched in January 2016 and provides a quick pulse on consumer health opinions and behaviors several times throughout the year.


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Lawmaker wants to force Congress to use VA health care

Lawmaker wants to force Congress to use VA health care

An Ohio congressman wants to force all Capitol Hill lawmakers and their staff to receive health care from the Department of Veterans Affairs to ensure they have incentive to improve the system.But the top Democrat on the House Veterans' Affairs Committee is blasting the idea as little more than a publicity stunt.On Tuesday, Rep. Warren Davidson, R-Ohio, introduced his "Lead by Example" act, which would require all members of Congress and several thousand staffers to enroll in VA medical care "instead of under the Federal Health Benefits Program or other health care exchanges.""Providing our veterans with the highest quality care is a bipartisan issue, one which nearly all the presidential candidates ran on," he said in a statement.