Rise in 2005 employer-sponsored healthcare plans the lowest in five years
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Haymarket Media
Oct 07, 2004
Employer-sponsored healthcare costs are expected to rise an average of 8% in 2005, according to a new survey conducted by consulting firm Towers Perrin. This percentage is the first time the increase has...
Report: Average nursing home cost rises to $70,080 annually
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Haymarket Media
Sep 28, 2004
The average price of a private room in a U.S. nursing home costs $70,080 per year, or $192 per day, according to the 2004 MetLife Market Survey of Nursing Home and Home Care Costs.
Study: Healthcare important to increasing number of voters as presidential elections nears
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Haymarket Media
Sep 24, 2004
Healthcare is now mentioned by 21% of voters as one of the top two election issues, up from 17% in August and just 10% in June.
Study: Americans believe government should meet equally the health needs of both children and the elderly
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Haymarket Media
Sep 15, 2004
Americans believe that the healthcare needs of both children and the elderly are not being met, giving neither group priority over the other, according to a recent study. Most support a government-funded...
Employer-based health insurance costs increases 11.2%
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Haymarket Media
Sep 13, 2004
The cost to employers of providing health insurance for workers rose 11.2% this year, according to a new Kaiser report.
First monthly report finds Rhode Island nursing homes deficient
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Haymarket Media
Sep 13, 2004
The Rhode Island Health Department found all 11 of the nursing homes listed in its first monthly quality of care report cited with deficiencies, according to the department.
Poll: Seniors generally dissatisfied with Medicare reform law
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Haymarket Media
Aug 13, 2004
Nearly 80% of older and disabled Americans strongly support both a proposal to permit prescription drug imports and one to allow the government to negotiate prices of medicines, according to a poll conducted...
Study: The longer a nursing home DON stays, the lower the staff turnover
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Haymarket Media
Aug 04, 2004
Staff turnover is lower at nursing homes with stable nursing leadership, according to a Duke University School of Nursing study.
Insurance industry says long-term care insurance has grown quickly
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Haymarket Media
Jul 23, 2004
The long-term care insurance market grew an average 18% annually between 1987 and 2002, according to an insurance industry-sponsored survey released Wednesday. America’s Health Insurance Plans presented...
Government changes Medicare language on obesity
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Haymarket Media
Jul 19, 2004
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will remove from the Medicare manual language stating that obesity is not an illness, according to the Wall Street Journal.