One more reason healthcare reform needs to take place, as numbers continue to dwindle, carriers raise prices so are we looking at a market that is
pricing itself out of affordability in many areas? As the economy effects keep hitting businesses, those numbers are also hard to maintain. By running algorithms that cherry pick not only individuals who cover, the number that fit the mold get smaller too. The mold is not changing and people are starting to live healthier lifestyles, but what is also bothersome is this recent report that preventative care is not impacting or having enough impact on the bottom line.
U.S. Congress has an inadequate understanding Value of Health IT – HIMMS Opening Session
Even patients who do have insurance are struggling as well, the business model appears to be on it’s way to a breakdown.
Patients with Insurance are struggling with Medical Bills too – The Ticking Time Bomb
The Congressional Budget Office states preventing disease doesn’t save money, so now where do we go, insurers say preventive care does, but it’s not making a dent on affordability by any means. None of this makes any sense anymore as all the current business plans simply stink and “greed” is no longer fashionable in today’s world. Education, once some at the top get some, and begin sharing the wealth will be a prime key to survival. BD
Preventing Disease Costs More Money and Doesn’t Save Healthcare Expense – Congressional Budget Office
ATLANTA – The percentage of Americans with private health insurance has hit its lowest mark in 50 years, according to two new government reports.
About 65 percent of non-elderly Americans had private insurance in 2008, down from 67 percent the year before, according to preliminary data released Wednesday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
In the 1970s and early 1980s, nearly 80 percent of Americans had private coverage, according to CDC officials.
CDC: Private health care coverage at 50-year-low - Yahoo! News
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