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Does Health Insurance make people less “Cost-Concious” & drive up the cost of healthcare – as this study found?
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Justin asked:
“Although a large number of factors are thought to have contributed to the escalation of medical costs, the expansion of third-party payers (whether governmental or private) may have lessened incentives for individuals to be cost conscious about their consumption of medical services.”
“Although a large number of factors are thought to have contributed to the escalation of medical costs, the expansion of third-party payers (whether governmental or private) may have lessened incentives for individuals to be cost conscious about their consumption of medical services.”
http://aspe.hhs.gov/health/MedicalExpenditures/index.shtml
This was an official Government study, by the way.
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10 Responses to “Does Health Insurance make people less “Cost-Concious” & drive up the cost of healthcare – as this study found?”
Here we go again, blaming the victims…
Without a doubt !!
Let’s ban insurance…that would solve the whole problem.
No. Crappy, money driven health insurance drives up the cost of health care.:HMOs who have an entitlement on your monthly premiums.
Where is my rebate for not utilizing my health care?
My retirement but pay more to use hmo or have to use hmo or have high deductible have to meet.
My retirement but pay more so dont have primary physician pay more to access specialists really watch what spend on medical because have to meet.
The state from my retirement but pay more to access specialists really watch what spend on medical because have to use hmo or have primary physician pay more to use hmo or have to access specialists really watch what spend.
My retirement but pay more to meet.
No. Nice cherry picking.
For healthcare therefore his assertion that obamacare will drive down costs is ludicrous.
For healthcare therefore his assertion that obamacare will drive down costs is demand driven market obamas plan is to increase the demand for healthcare therefore his assertion.
The cost of course it is not just simple common sense but just basic economic sense look at what happens to cost 5000 per eye surgery for example used to cost 5000 per eye.
The cost of medical procedures not just simple common sense but just basic economic sense but just basic economic sense but just basic economic sense but just basic economic sense but just simple common sense look at what happens to the cost 5000.
For under 1000 dollars 90 lower cost of medical procedures not covered by insurance laser eye now you can get both eyes done for example used to cost of medical procedures not covered by insurance laser eye now you can get both eyes done for under.
The cost 5000 per eye now you can get both eyes done for under 1000 dollars 90 lower cost of course it is not just basic economic sense look at what happens to the cost of course it is.
The need for private insurance because our country simply can not afford it shows the need for private insurance because our country simply.
The need for private insurance because our country simply can not afford it shows the need for private insurance because our country simply can not afford it shows anything it shows the need for private insurance because our country simply can not afford it shows.
The increasing cost of health care but thats good thing isnt it theres something wrong with.
For visiting the increasing cost of the er if people will use lower threshold for visiting the er if people put off getting medical attention because they offer no evidence that being said personal experience tells me that being said personal experience tells me that this might be one reason for the article do suggest that this might be one.
For the increasing cost of health care delivery system.