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Articles by Ralph H. Weber, M.D., Vice president, medical affairs, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas

• Understanding how insurance works; premiums rise when costs escalate
• Exercising is healthy choice that can help control costs
• Healthy food choices can help control costs
• Demand for services contributes to rising costs
• Choices we make regarding lifestyles, safety play a role in health care costs
• Overusing our ERs puts burden on system
• Prescription drugs prove beneficial, but costly
• Technology improves outcomes, but adds greatly to cost
• Health care fraud by a few raises costs for us all

Entire set of articles with Dr. Weber's photo (*Zip File, 55k)