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CNBC: Eli Lilly Confirms Probe by New York’s Attorney General over Insulin Prices
Read more: CNBC: Eli Lilly Confirms Probe by New York’s Attorney General over Insulin PricesHCCI’s research on insulin prices was mentioned in a CNBC report. From the article: “The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates more than 30 million Americans have diabetes. The annual cost of insulin for people with Type 1 diabetes in the U.S. nearly doubled from 2012 to 2016 to $5,700 from $2,900, according to an analysis…
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HCCI Insulin Report Receives Extensive Media Coverage
Tags: CBS, Chronic Conditions, CNN, Diabetes, Drug Spending, HCCI News, Insulin, NBC, Prices, The New York TimesRead more: HCCI Insulin Report Receives Extensive Media CoverageHCCI’s recent report on trends in rising insulin prices received additional media coverage in the last week in outlets including NBC, CBS, CNN, The New York Times, The Hill, U.S. News & World Report, and USA Today. From CNN: “Congress and the Trump administration continue to push for a drug pricing plan and were given more…
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NBC News: U.S. Health Care Prices Are All Over the Map, New Study Finds
Read more: NBC News: U.S. Health Care Prices Are All Over the Map, New Study FindsBy: Maggie Fox Why does a knee replacement cost $29,000 in Kansas but $40,000 in next-door Colorado? Health care prices are all over the map in the U.S., a new study finds. It digs deeply into the crazy pattern of health costs across the U.S. and shows there is very little consistency. The report from the…
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CNBC: Health-care spending increased at a faster pace in 2015 as prices rose
Read more: CNBC: Health-care spending increased at a faster pace in 2015 as prices roseBy: Dan Mangan Spending on health care for people who have private insurance accelerated last year, ending a two-year period of more modest spending growth, a new study finds. In 2015, overall spending for people with private health insurance increased by 4.6 percent, according to the Health Care Cost Institute report. Most of that increase,…
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CNBC: High-deductible plans tied to lower health use, higher out-of-pocket spending
Read more: CNBC: High-deductible plans tied to lower health use, higher out-of-pocket spendingBy: Dan Mangan Your less expensive health insurance plan could cost you — even if you use less health care. People in so-called consumer-driven health plans tend to use fewer medical services than people with other types of coverage, a new study finds. But they also tend to spend substantially more out of their own…
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CNBC: Children are using health services less – but medical costs still rising
Read more: CNBC: Children are using health services less – but medical costs still risingBy: Dan Mangan Kids are going to the doctor’s office and emergency rooms less often, and even using fewer prescription drugs — but overall health spending on children is still going up. A study released Monday by the Health Care Cost Institute indicates that price increases for health services and brand-name drugs were the biggest…