- Finance capital increases its domination of healthcare | Private equity firms are spearheading an avalanche of mergers and consolidations as hospitals and healthcare systems align to cut costs, increase market share and maximize revenue streams at the expense of healthcare workers and patients. https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/12/02/uoko-d02.html 2 comments economy
- More than 3 million Italians -or 7% of the total- renounce medical treatment on grounds it is too expensive. In addition, 21% save money for healthcare services while 23% "dramatically fails to save money to meet healthcare costs" https://www.ansa.it/english/news/general_news/2023/10/24/3-mn-italians-go-without-medical-care-due-to-cost-fnomceo_74949a69-dc18-43f4-bcb0-fb02f972e3b4.html 55 comments europe
- Therapy via Zoom should make mental healthcare available for all – it hasn’t. Good quality remote treatment is still proving to be expensive and in short supply. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/aug/03/therapy-zoom-mental-healthcare-remote-treatment 3 comments technology
- Despite being the most expensive, American healthcare is struggling https://themorningnews.com/news/2021/05/07/american-healthcare-is-struggling/ 32 comments nottheonion
- People flocked to Florida and Texas for a lower cost of living during the pandemic. Some were shocked when their healthcare got way more expensive. https://www.businessinsider.com/moving-to-florida-texas-lower-cost-of-living-healthcare-medicaid-2021-3 402 comments politics
- Whole Foods CEO: Who Needs Health Care When You Have Whole Foods? | CEO John Mackey hopes you choose his expensive products over comprehensive healthcare. https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3g5ny/whole-foods-ceo-who-needs-health-care-when-you-have-whole-foods 33 comments politics
- Third of NL residents avoid needed healthcare due to expense https://nltimes.nl/2020/11/07/third-nl-residents-avoid-needed-healthcare-due-expense 13 comments europe
- Mini Mike Bloomberg is spending a lot of money on False Advertising. I was the person who saved Pre-Existing Conditions in your Healthcare, you have it now, while at the same time winning the fight to rid you of the expensive, unfair and very unpopular Individual Mandate..... https://mobile.twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/1216716337822695425 28 comments moderatepolitics
- Why medical bills in the US are so expensive. This article features someone I grew up with. After her son was born he needed a lung transplant. She has since racked up over 4 MILLION DOLLARS in medical bills. If you're questioning healthcare reform in this country its time to wake up. https://www.cnbc.com/2018/12/19/how-health-care-got-so-expensive-in-america.html?fbclid=iwar0cuvtd_dqz3x8og_9lhps15x_d6t91wnt7fkaeuimewdpznbjissyzjv4 6 comments politics
- Powell: 'Our uniquely expensive healthcare' system will catch up with us https://finance.yahoo.com/news/powell-uniquely-expensive-healthcare-system-will-catch-us-212627406.html 24 comments politics
- Why American healthcare is so expensive: From 1975-2010, the number of US doctors increased by 150%. But the number of healthcare administrators increased by 3200%. https://www.athenahealth.com/insight/expert-forum-rise-and-rise-healthcare-administrator 8 comments economy
- 2017 Taxes: Healthcare Penalty waived for too expensive question https://www.reddit.com/r/personalfinance/comments/7uvxs1/2017_taxes_healthcare_penalty_waived_for_too/ 7 comments personalfinance
- Over half the people pushed into poverty worldwide due to healthcare expenses are from India: WHO report http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2017/dec/14/over-half-the-people-pushed-into-poverty-worldwide-due-to-healthcare-expenses-are-from-india-who-re-1727419.html 10 comments india
- Unsure how much I should put into HSA with a new job and minimal yearly healthcare expenses https://www.reddit.com/r/personalfinance/comments/74iccf/unsure_how_much_i_should_put_into_hsa_with_a_new/ 10 comments personalfinance
- GOP Healthcare Bill Increases HSA Contribution Limits and Reduces Non-Qualified Expenses Withdrawl Penalties https://www.reddit.com/r/financialindependence/comments/69bvsb/gop_healthcare_bill_increases_hsa_contribution/ 325 comments financialindependence
- The U.S. Has the Most Expensive Healthcare System in the World https://www.statista.com/chart/8658/health-spending-per-capita/ 286 comments politics
- Healthcare Reform Has It Wrong: Why American Health Care is So Expensive Pt. 1 https://academicobgyn.com/2017/02/19/healthcare-reform-has-it-wrong-why-american-health-care-is-so-expensive-part-1/ 13 comments politics
- If you change from an HSA-compatible healthcare plan to a non-HSA compatible plan, can you still use the HSA to pay for medical expenses? https://www.reddit.com/r/personalfinance/comments/5mf6x7/if_you_change_from_an_hsacompatible_healthcare/ 14 comments personalfinance
- American healthcare the most expensive on earth, yet failing at an unprecedented pace http://monetarywatch.com/2016/10/american-healthcare-expensive-earth-yet-failing-unprecedented-pace/ 128 comments economy
- Why IS American healthcare the most expensive (and least efficient) in the world? http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3821750/why-american-healthcare-expensive-efficient-world.html 19 comments politics
- Why U.S. Healthcare Is So Expensive — "The U.S. government spends more on per capita healthcare than Sweden, Germany, U.K., Denmark, and all other countries with universal healthcare." http://www.sbeconomic.com/single-post/2016/09/05/why-us-healthcare-is-so-expensive 13 comments business
- It now appears the Wells Fargo might have the best health savings account (HSA) for investing, provided you don't actually use it for any healthcare expenses. Thoughts? https://www.wellsfargo.com/investing/hsa 44 comments financialindependence
- US has least effective, most expensive healthcare system when compared with 10 other western, industrialized nations http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2014/06/16/once-again-u-s-has-most-expensive-least-effective-health-care-system-in-survey/?tid=rssfeed 86 comments worldnews
- U.S. Healthcare: Most Expensive and Worst Performing http://www.theatlantic.com/health/print/2014/06/us-healthcare-most-expensive-and-worst-performing/372828/ 6 comments politics
- How Government Regulations Made Healthcare So Expensive http://bastiat.mises.org/2013/12/how-government-regulations-made-healthcare-so-expensive/ 29 comments politics
- Obamacare: "Individual consumers who purchase their own insurance directly will see costs drop by up to 66%. Small businesses can expect to see a 22% drop in healthcare expenses for employees." http://www.bqbrew.com/2013/03/04/affordable-care-acts-state-healthcare-exchange-becomes-reality-in-new-york/ 182 comments politics
- Scalia was 'furious' at Roberts vote on healthcare law; "Scalia has become fixated on politics — and particularly on Obama — at the expense of legal scholarship" http://thehill.com/blogs/healthwatch/legal-challenges/249961-5-takeaways-from-toobin-book-on-roberts-obama 328 comments politics
- Nearly Half of Americans Struggling to Stay Afloat - They live above the federal poverty threshold but still don't have enough money to cover housing, food, healthcare & other basic expenses http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/11/23-0 7 comments politics
- "The wealthiest nation on earth is not actually obliged to starve our senior citizens. We don't need a military 670% more expensive than the next largest one on earth. We don't need to fund health insurance corporations instead of healthcare. And we don't need tax breaks for billionaires..." http://www.counterpunch.org/swanson07202011.html 590 comments politics
- What we pay for healthcare, provides 3 people with healthcare in spain, and they live 3 years longer than us. Yet republicans want government to keep its dirty hands of my healthcare! Most of that money ironically goes to politicians/lobbyists to keep healthcare expensive. http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/a0934556.html 7 comments politics
- Dear congress, if we can't have healthcare reform and you all love tax code reform, can you just amend this page to be "all medical expenses are 100% deductible" and give us a fighting chance at least? http://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc502.html 8 comments politics
- The US senate is about to pass a $626 billion budget bill for the Pentagon. But the senate thinks that $120 billion for universal healthcare is too expensive. WTF? Let's reduce the Pentagon's budget to about $500 billion and use the rest for universal healthcare! http://www.armscontrolcenter.org/policy/securityspending/articles/121709_c111_fy10_appropsconf/ 86 comments politics
- "Surely Americans have noticed the eerie disconnect between the carefully staged healthcare ‘debate' with its fixation on the cost of an increased government role, and the nonexistent debates on the war in Afghanistan or the obscenely expensive government program to bail out Wall Street." http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/11/06-7? 4 comments politics
- Hey Doc...Why is Healthcare SO Expensive! http://www.gather.com/viewarticle.action?articleid=281474977796555 5 comments reddit.com
- Too many people are still convinced that healthcare in the United States is better than it is in France — or anywhere else. It's not. It's worse and more expensive. Somebody tell Max Baucus. http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2009/07/cheese-eating-healthcare 52 comments politics
- US small businessman on healthcare: In no other country in the world is an employer saddled with that type of expense...How can we compete? in many markets we can't. http://www.reddit.com/r/economics/comments/8u39k/youre_rich_and_you_dont_know_it/c0ag5h5 4 comments economy
- Healthcare in Iceland is among the best in the world, although it is not the most expensive http://icelandreview.com/icelandreview/daily_news/?cat_id=16567&ew_0_a_id=320085 3 comments worldnews
- A Healthier Popluation Means More Expensive Healthcare http://news.wired.com/dynamic/stories/o/obesity_cost?site=wire&section=home&template=default&ctime=2008-02-05-02-58-08 5 comments reddit.com
- Wisconsin Experiments with Universal Healthcare -- And the Taxpayers Learn How Expensive "Free Healthcare" Really Is! http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110010374 2 comments reddit.com
- Chicago Tribune doesn't think healthcare is expensive enough http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-clinics_bizjun25,0,6007843,print.story?coll=chi-business-hed 2 comments reddit.com