The Real Cost of Our 'Disease Care' System

LiveScience by Robin Lloyd | Jun. 29, 2009 (Special Report)

Everyone knows health care costs are busting us, as individuals and as a nation. Reform is needed, but the question is whether it will come and whether it will do the job.

Here's how bad it has gotten: Medical bills were behind nearly two-thirds of all U.S. bankruptcies in 2007, researchers said in June. And most of those folks were middle class; most were homeowners; most went to college; most had health insurance. And that data came from before ... Full Story »

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 by Derek Hawkins - Jul. 1, 2009

This Congress is more likely than its predecessors to pass health care reform for several reasons, among them rising demand among Americans for better coverage, according to LiveScience. This story implicitly favors a reform package with a public option for insurance, perhaps more, but it doesn't make any specific calls. Informative report.

Medical bills were behind nearly two-thirds of all U.S. bankruptcies in 2007, researchers said in June. And most of those folks were middle class; most were homeowners; most went to college; most had health insurance. And that data came from before the economic downturn.

Our health care system should really be called a “disease care system,” says Mohammad Torabi of Indiana University Bloomington’s School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation.

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