Wednesday, June 19, 2013

May Figures Show The First Drop In Health-care Costs In Four Decades

Medical Costs Register First Decline Since 1970s by Eric Morath.  The Wall Street Journal.  June 18, 2013.

(1)  The decline is cited by the article that _______________ and _______________ drugs are holding back prices.

(2)  The leading driver of the decline was ____________________________.

(3)  The last time medical costs posted a month decline was in the year ________.

(4)  Medical cost could rises again in 2014 due to ________________________.

(5)  A provision of the 2010 health-care law is cited by a PricewaterhouseCoopers report that  penalizes hospitals for __________________________ could help __________>

(6)  How have expiring drug patents influenced costs?

(7)  U.S. health care inflation started easing _____________.

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