3 ms·
Is it possible that it is due to more people becoming insured that are burdensome on the system? I thought it was pretty expected that as you get more of the u
by abstractbarista 7y ago
Is it possible that it is due to more people becoming insured that are burdensome on the system?
I thought it was pretty expected that as you get more of the unhealthy parts of the population into healthcare, costs will rise for everyone else.
- ceejayoz 7y agoPart of the goal of the individual mandate in Obamacare was to force healthy people to obtain meaningful levels of health insurance to offset that.
- war1025 7y agoMy understanding is that the issue is payment is so divorced at this point from services rendered that there is no pressure to lower costs anywhere. Hospitals pass their costs along to the insurance companies and insurance companies pass those costs along to individuals, and everything that happens in the middle is so convoluted that the average person can't make heads or tails of it to push back.