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“Health Insurance Mandates Spike Care Costs: Expert View”

TL/DR - The articles state that health insurance mandates increase the cost of healthcare. They also discuss the lifelong relationship Americans have with health insurance. They underline the sentiment that health insurance is something that people don't want to use. Insight on Health Insurance Costs and Usage Exploration: How Health…

Facing the True Health Care Crisis: Overuse of ‘Crisis’ Label

TL/DR - The term "health care crisis" is routinely used, but the overuse of the term may be detracting from the real issues, according to a Forbes analysis. An analysis of a column entitled “Two Health Care Cost Crises” by health policy expert Drew Altman suggests that the crisis of national health expenditures and the crisis of individual costs…