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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 2003
Page
9
A new study shows health care spending growth slowed to 8.5 percent for privately insured Americans in the first half of 2003, down from 10 percent in late 2002. Experts link higher out of pocket costs to reduced care, with drug spending growth nearly halved to 8.5 percent as price sharing rises.
A study shows employers shifting costs to singles and families with higher premiums and deductibles. Family contributions rose to 57 percent, while 34 percent of PPO plans had deductibles of 1000 or more. Inpatient, physician, and outpatient spending grew, with outpatient up 12.9 percent as tech advances push more tests outside hospitals.
Ocularist Jim Henthorn has handcrafted artificial eyes noses and cheeks in Wichita since 1987. He treats about 500 patients from Nebraska to Oklahoma using acrylics and dental materials to recreate natural eye appearance and surrounding tissues.
Miguel Salazar Castell, 64, paid $40 weekly for diabetes care at a county clinic but suffered a diabetic shock after Thanksgiving. He faced a $60,000 bill, 90 miles to another hospital, and 10 days inpatient care. Now insured by Medicare, he emphasizes lack of a home monitor and meds. UCLA study finds Hispanic seniors in California report poorer health and less preventive care than whites, with 45% in poor or fair health and high rates of no colon cancer screening or flu vaccination.
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