Study Shows Steep Rise in Health Premiums

Staff / Truthdig Sep 27, 2011 A new study shows that the cost of health insurance for many Americans rose sharply this year compared to previous years, exceeding average increases in workers' wages and giving employers even more hesitation about hiring new people. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Employer-Provided Health Insurance Taking a Bigger Bite

Staff / Truthdig Jul 17, 2011 Newly published numbers from the Department of Health and Human Services show that American workers in 2010 paid average premiums of $4,940 for employer-provided health insurance to cover just themselves. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Ron Paul: Iraq War Will Cost $3.5 Trillion

Staff / Truthdig Nov 20, 2007 It's difficult to fully comprehend the total price tag of the Iraq war, but Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul has made some staggering calculations, coming up with a whopping $3.5 trillion -- including "hidden costs" such as interest on the money we're borrowing, and long-term health care for vets. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

AFSC Dissects the Astronomical Cost of War

Staff / Truthdig Sep 23, 2007 How could the $720 million the U.S. is currently spending on the Iraq war each day be put to better use? Well, how about paying for the health care costs of 423,529 children? Or giving 34,904 college students four-year scholarships, or providing 6,482 families with homes? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Find Out How Much the Iraq War Is Costing You

Staff / Truthdig Jan 16, 2007 The National Priorities Project, a nonprofit organization that aims to turn "data into action," has an interesting tool on its website that shows just how much the Iraq war is costing your community. The cost so far to Crawford, Texas: $986,998. The cost to Los Angeles County: $11,342,897,442 -- that's billions -- and counting. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Truthdiggers of the Week: Joseph Stiglitz and Linda Bilmes

Staff / Truthdig Dec 23, 2006 This week Truthdig salutes Joseph Stiglitz and Linda Bilmes for uncovering the true cost of the war in Iraq. Last year Nobel Prize-winning economist Stiglitz and Harvard budget expert Bilmes estimated the total price tag for Bush's misadventure in Mesopotamia at $2.267 trillion -- a tad higher than the $350 billion to $500 billion so often discussed. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Iraq War Costing $5.9 Billion per Month

Staff / Truthdig Mar 9, 2006 That's according to the Wall Street Journal. Also, progressives in Congress want to divert $60 billion in defense spending to humanitarian assistance, social programs, energy conservation, homeland security and deficit reduction. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Why Iraq Invasion Will Prove a Disaster For Israel

Staff / Truthdig Dec 26, 2005 As argued elsewhere on this site by Juan Cole and Robert Scheer, one big cost of our invasion of Iraq is that Bush must now cozy up to the militants in control of Iran Now the top pro-Israel lobby accuses Bush of selling out its opposition to Iran's nuclear weapons program. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )