US Health Costs and Coverage Show Signs of Improvement

Health costs in the United States and tally of Americans without medical insurance, both surged in the decade to 2010, but both trends then have shown improvement, a study said Monday. From 2000 to 2009, the annual bill per person, public and private spending combined, soared from (Dollar) 5,152 (3,762 euros) to (Dollar) 7,010 but from 2009 to 2011 only slightly, to (Dollar) 7,212. In 2002, the annual increase was about seven percent -- more than twice the rate in five other ...