Topic: Ken Thorpe

Health care spending drops, as do doctor visits

0 . Is health care relief finally in sight?. . Health spending stabilized as a share of the nation's economy in 2010 after two back-to-back years...
As lawmakers do battle on overhaul, interest groups stay positive and focus on end gameA strong force, perhaps as powerful in Congress as President Barack Obama, is keeping the drive for health care going even as lawmakers seem hopelessly at odds.Lobbyists ...
Report Finds That Number of Deaths in U.S. Climb in 2005; Cancer Deaths Also on the RiseThe number of deaths in the United States rose in 2005 after a sharp decline the year earlier, a disappointing reversal that suggests the 2004 ...
The number of deaths in the United States rose in 2005 after a sharp decline the year earlier, a disappointing reversal that suggests the 2004 numbers were a fluke.But, U.S. life expectancy inched up to 77.9 from the previous ...
The number of deaths in the United States rose in 2005 after a sharp decline the year earlier, a disappointing reversal that suggests the 2004 numbers were a fluke. Cancer deaths were also up.U.S. health officials said they believe the ...