Workers Face Higher Costs For Employer-Sponsored Insurance; Checking In With Dr. Abraham Verghese On The Importance Of The Bedside Manner

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Article Date: 16 Sep 2009 - 3:00 PDT

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Workers Face Higher Costs For Employer-Sponsored Insurance

Kaiser Health News reports that "employers struggling with the steady rise of health insurance costs -- which in 2009 increased 5 percent to an average of $13,375 for family coverage -- are passing on more of the expense to their workers through higher deductibles and co-payments, according to survey released today." The survey was by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Health Research & Educational Trust (Galewitz and Villegas, 9/15).

Checking In With Dr. Abraham Verghese On The Importance Of The Bedside Manner

Kaiser Health News' Jessica Marcy talked with Dr. Abraham Verghese about a range of issues related to health reform and the practice of medicine. Verghese, a senior associate chair at Stanford University's School of Medicine and a best-selling author, spoke about "how medical educators are addressing the shortage of primary care physicians and the 'battle of stories' in the health care reform debate" (Marcy, 9/15). Audio excerpts of the interview are also available.

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