Health Care Cost

Among participants in the Look AHEAD trial of an intensive lifestyle intervention for weight loss, there was no difference in total Medicare spending between the intervention and control group over a 4-year period, according to study data.

President Donald J. Trump recently signed an executive order detailing his “America First Healthcare Plan,” a combination of old and new initiatives that aim to lower drug prices and insurance premiums.

Women who sustain any type of osteoporotic fracture have higher adjusted all-cause health care costs and indirect costs in the 5 years after fracture compared with matched nonfracture controls, according to a speaker.

More than 2% of the U.S. Medicare population has hyperkalemia, with a higher prevalence among adults with chronic kidney disease or heart failure, according to a study published in Current Medical Research and Opinion.

President Donald J. Trump recently signed four executive orders aimed at lowering prescription drug prices for Americans.

Among patients with HF, those with frailty were more likely to have longer hospital stays, to die in-hospital and to incur larger medical costs than nonfrail patients, researchers reported.

Eighty percent of the United States population becoming infected with COVID-19 may result in approximately $654 billion in direct costs over the course of the pandemic, according to a Monte Carlo simulation model published in Health Affairs.

Adults aged 18 to 50 years with various rheumatic conditions experience significant arthritis-related financial burdens, often leading to considerable distress and anxiety, according to findings published in Arthritis Care & Research.

People are using Craigslist to buy and sell lifesaving drugs, particularly insulin, according to a research letter published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

Total annual spending per person with employer-sponsored health insurance increased 18.4% to nearly $5,900 between 2014 and 2018, according to a Health Care Cost Institute report.