Seniors express high level of satisfaction with Medicare drug benefit.

According to a Wall Street Journal/ Harris Interactive Health-Care Poll conducted in the fall of 2006, the first year of the Medicare Part D drug benefit has been highly
successful among seniors.

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February 08, 2007

Non-drug medical costs accounted for 70 percent of average health premium increase in 2005

Population aging; the availability of new treatments and technologies; lifestyle issues such as increased obesity; more intensive diagnostic testing; and defensive medicine due to liability concerns are major factors driving drug utilization growth.

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September 05, 2006

Keeping workers healthy reduces lost productivity from unmanaged illness

The economic burden of employee absenteeism has been well documented.However,emerging information regarding loss of productivity by an on-the-job employee with an unmanaged illness may be five times more costly for American employers than employee absenteeism.

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July 09, 2006

Screening for common chronic disease risk factors may significantly reduce employers’ health costs.

A Virginia based publishing services company generated significant savings on health care costs by requiring its employees to take health risk assessments and screening for high blood pressure and cholesterol.

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May 14, 2006

More than 1 out of every 4 health care dollars spent on Americans over age 40 is attributable to being overweight, obese or physically inactive.

Being overweight, obese or physically inactive are strongly associated with a variety of chronic conditions such as heart disease, diabetes, depression and cancer.

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March 09, 2006