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• Doctors on high care costs: We didn't do It

  By Allison Bell  |  December 22, 2011

  So, why are U.S. health care costs so much higher than health care costs in Europe or in the rich countries in Asia? Doctors are trying to refute allegations that they might be the culprits.

• W.Va. public insurer OKs $5B retiree cost cut

  By Lawrence Messina  |  December 14, 2011

  The 214,000 West Virginians covered by the Public Employees Insurance Agency can expect some new or higher health care copayments while retired enrollees will see a limit to the subsidy that helps them pay premiums, which will rise 9 percent, under provisions approved Tuesday by the agency's finance board.

• Why are health insurance premiums so high?

  By Josh Hilgers  |  August 12, 2010

  So, why have the rates doubled over the last 10 years? And why are they expected to double again in the next six?