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Opinion: Time to Embrace Anti-Obesity Campaign

(March 24) -- There are far too many fat children in America. It's impolite to say this so bluntly, but it's better to be impolite than sit idle as our youth repeat the same mistakes we as adults have collectively made. Following Sunday's historic vote on health care, it's only right to point out that the eating and...

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06/01/12 U.S. health cost may be growing more slowly, study... Source: Bangor Daily News - Bangor ME Cheap walk-up health clinics, lower costs for drugs and medical supplies and state laws requiring hospitals to publish prices may be helping to reduce the increase in U.S. health costs, a study found.
05/18/12 Mass. Senate Passes Health Care Cost Measure With Eye... Source: Kaiser Health News The Massachusetts Senate passed a health care cost containment bill Thursday that aims to cut costs by $150 billion over 15 years.
05/17/12 For a family of 4, health care costs can top $20,000 Source: News-Medical.Net A study by the benefits consultant group Milliman notes the average annual health care costs for a family of four are $20,728 -- a 7 percent increase from last year.
10/14/11 Free-Market Alternatives to Health Reform Work, Says... Source: FOXBusiness.com A new study by the Rand Corp. shows that free-market alternatives to President Barack Obama 's health reform may have an impact on bringing health costs down.
06/30/11 Eucerin helps calculate skin health costs Source: Chain Drug Review Eucerin has unveiled the Eucerin Skin Health Cost Calculator, part of the brand's Skin First Movement to educate Americans about the importance of treating their skin care more like health care.

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Health economics is a branch of economics concerned with issues related to efficiency, effectiveness, value and behavior in the production and consumption of health and health care.

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