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The American health care system is afflicted with Baumol's cost disease, and its namesake, economist William J. Baumol, suggests that Democrats should be careful about setting expectations for their emerging legislation.

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One in seven Americans under age 65 went without prescribed medicines in 2007 as drug costs spiraled upward in the United States, a nonprofit research group said on Thursday.

DUBLIN, Ind., Dec. 29 -- Dolly Sweet, 77, has battled cancer more than once. She's a fighter. But when her doctor recently prescribed a medication that cost $35,000 a year, she felt she had no choice.

Cutting off low-income patients may cost more in the long run, a new study suggests.

McCain says universal coverage have the same problems as current system: inefficiency, irrationality, uncontrolled costs