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Most claims are ultimately paid by self-insured employers so costs for them would dramatically increase. Most consumers only directly pay a small fraction of to
by nradov 2y ago
Most claims are ultimately paid by self-insured employers so costs for them would dramatically increase. Most consumers only directly pay a small fraction of total healthcare costs; the majority of costs are paid by their employers. If anything is ever going to force dramatic change in the US healthcare system it's going to be employers balking at absorbing large employee medical cost increases every year.
- s1artibartfast 2y agoI went digging for some numbers, and this article put them at 55% of workers in 2022.[1] https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/payers/large-employers-back-away-self-insurance-small-and-medium-sized-ones-embrace-it-ebri https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/payers/large-employers-back...