Medical Bills Burden 72 Million Working-Age Adults in U.S. »
Posted By engineer 1 year, 3 months ago in Business & Finance
Medical bills were cited as a burden
by 41 percent of working-age Americans in a survey, up from 34
percent two years earlier.
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engineer1 year, 3 months ago
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An estimated 72 million adults under age 65 have difficulty paying their medical bills or are paying off debt from health- care expenses, based on the survey, taken last year and released today by the Commonwealth Fund, a health-policy center in New York. Sixty-one percent of those struggling said they had health insurance.
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Health-care costs have been rising at about double the rate of inflation and faster than wages. That's making it increasingly difficult for those without insurance to pay their bills and for those with coverage to afford co-payments, deductibles and gaps in coverage, said Commonwealth Fund officials on a conference call yesterday with reporters. -
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Mdiar1 year, 3 months ago
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Its odd, but I actually think the policy of Obama and Clinton both were really good. Not truly what the rest of the civilized world has, but I actually think each policy that they presented had there own strengths and may even prove to be better, ultimately. We'll just have to wait and see.
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Right now what we have is basically a travesty.-
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Natureboy1 year, 3 months ago
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The Obama and Clinton proposals were a scheme to clean up the henhouse while keeping the weasels - the weasels being for-profit insurers. It's not a good idea, not in that form.
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You could keep the insurers, or some of them, by simply doing what Medicare has done - use them for claims processing, but eliminate all profit motive to deny claims.
We really need single payor healthcare in this country. The present system creates tragedies by the thousands for working people, and hampers the competitiveness of American business by placing the financial burden of health insurance on employers.
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