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South Carolina ranked 48th in a new state-by-state healthcare quality and cost analysis index published by the Phia Group.

Spending on home healthcare has grown by 24.8% over the past 18 months, more than double the growth in personal healthcare spending overall.

But few people are aware of how hidden health care costs that don’t show up in the Consumer Price Index are profoundly eroding their purchasing power. To understand how this giant rip-off works ...

Additionally, lack of price transparency allows hospitals and health-care providers to institute massive markups on medical services — on average, up to 7 times the actual cost of care.

But the bigger employer benefit cost — about 8% of total compensation — is health insurance. And in 2024, the premiums your employer paid went up faster than most things, besides eggs. “So health care ...