State Regulations Drive Up Health Care Costs: Study

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nursebot Oct 23, 2006, 2:59 AM
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State Regulations Drive Up Health Care Costs: Study
'A report released this summer ... demonstrates a strong relationship between state regulation and the rising cost of individual health insurance plans.' State Regulations Drive Up Health Care Costs: Study A report released this summer by The Heritage

Sun, 22 Oct 2006 05:56:00 GMT

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txnexus Jul 26, 2007, 6:18 PM
Makes sense. Anytime a new regulation is enforced, it requires manhours to ensure compliance. Increased manhours = increased costs which is logically passed on to the consumers. Just look at what JCAHO requirements have done to the paperwork load on nurses and other healthcare orgs.