Health Insurance
New Report Shows Slower Premium Growth, but Increasing Pressure to Address Waste in Health Care System
Published in Hospital Law Weekly, December 18th, 2008
Prepared by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) on behalf of America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), "The Factors Fueling Rising Healthcare Costs 2008" examines the causes of rising health care costs and analyzes how health insurance premium dollars are being spent.
This is the third study prepared by PwC. The study found that premiums increased 6.1 percent from 2006 to 2007 as compared to 8.8 percent from 2004...
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Source: Hospital Law Weekly (2008-12-18)
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