on:
NCPR is supported by:
 Hourly Newscast4 min., 45 sec.
|
Programs
Latest program rundownComing up:
Latest Features:
May 24, 2013 | NPR ·
May 24, 2013 | NPR ·
May 24, 2013 | NPR ·
Latest program rundownComing up:
Latest Features:
May 23, 2013 | NPR ·
May 23, 2013 | NPR ·
May 23, 2013 | NPR ·
Latest Saturday rundownWE Saturday Feature
May 18, 2013 | NPR ·
Latest Sunday rundown
WE Sunday Feature
May 19, 2013 | NPR ·
health costs
May 17, 2013 — Even cancer patients with health insurance can face steep copayments for drugs, a sizable share of hospital bills and significant incidental expenses. So wouldn't it make sense for doctors and patients to talk about financial issues up front?
Comments |
May 8, 2013 — In a first, Medicare has revealed how much individual hospitals bill and how much they are paid for common treatments. The charges vary widely. And while Medicare and private insurers generally pay far less than what hospitals request, the uninsured may pay something closer to these sticker prices.
Comments |
May 6, 2013 — The growth in health spending has definitely slowed, according to several recent studies. Some reasons: the weak economy, a shift of costs to patients and fewer expensive technologies being introduced.
Comments |
Feb 11, 2013 — When researchers asked hospitals how much a total hip replacement would cost a 62-year-old woman paying cash, a surprising number couldn't or wouldn't say. Health care could learn something from the car industry about working with consumers, critics say.
Comments |
Nov 6, 2012 — People with high blood sugar had medical expenses that were almost one-third higher than average, as did people with high blood pressure. But among common health problems, depression was linked to the highest spending increase.
Comments |
Sep 24, 2012 — Public health considerations alone are not enough to justify banning the sale of large containers of soda. Commentator Alva Noë argues that the question at hand is one of the values we hold, not healthcare costs.
Comments |
Sep 11, 2012 — Annual family health insurance premiums rose about 4 percent to an average of $15,745 this year, a new survey finds. While the increase is less than the one seen last year, it exceeds both inflation and wage gains.
Comments |
Sep 7, 2012 — Nearly a third of spending on health care in the U.S. is wasted. There's lots of inefficiency, excess overhead and some outright fraud, too. But the biggest slice of the waste pie is unnecessary care.
Comments |
Sep 5, 2012 — Some of the cost variations from a UnitedHealthcare database are startling. For treating a basic asthma episode, cases in the 10th percentile of distribution cost $98 each while those in the 90th percentile the cost was $1,535 per case.
Comments |
May 31, 2012 — Among recent health care consumers, 16 percent said they'd looked for prices beforehand, compared with 11 percent who'd answered that way two years ago. The most common source is a doctor's office, cited by 50 percent of people who checked on prices.
Comments |
