If we do not reform health care, your premiums and out-of-pocket costs will continue to skyrocket.

VOA: special.2009.07.25

It's true that there are negative effects to the public finance of the Czech government because there are increased health care costs for people who develop smoking-related diseases.

它确实会对捷克政府的,公共财政产生负效应,因为吸烟造成的疾病,会增加医疗支出。

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"And again it's relevant to the entire community." A growing number of large American companies are finding that health care costs for smokers are higher than for non-smokers.

VOA: standard.2010.02.18

Geithner said he is encouraged by legislative progress on bills to reform America's health-care system and reduce health care costs, which he said will improve the nation's fiscal outlook.

VOA: standard.2009.11.01

In advance of formal talks, Democratic leaders are stressing the need to come up with a consensus that can deliver health care security and quality while controlling short and longer-term costs.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

"One small business owner wrote to me that health care costs are-and I quote-' stifling my business growth" "He said that the money he wanted to use for research and development, and to expand his operations, has been instead been 'thrown into the pocket of health care insurance carriers."

VOA: standard.2009.10.03