Re: Canadians, a couple of questions about health care

From: Kurt Ullman (kurtullman_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 12/28/04 

Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 23:55:05 GMT

In article <otr3t0t8r348u1bf7e8ecnnq31cm3uh54n@4ax.com>,
nospam@pacbell.net wrote:
>On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 19:33:12 GMT, kurtullman@yahoo.com (Kurt Ullman) wrote:
>
>> Nonsense. The sky has limits, the problem is that almost
>>80% of American Healthcare costs are NOT paid by the patient. So,
>>when you get a buck worth of something for 20 cents you are gonna
>>demand the whole enchilada and scream if you don't get it.
>>
>
>Who pays it if not the patient.
>
     In teh US mostly employers and to a lesser extent Mcare and
MCaid.. Studies have shown consisently over the last 20 years at
least (look at the yearly reports from the office of the Actuary of
Medicare..although it looks at the entire HC system.. in Health
Affairs magazine). The out-of-pocket expense for healthcare in the
US (INCLUDING the o-o-p part of the insurance premiums) is less than
20%. For every dollar spent, only 20 cents comes directly from the
person's pocket.
    Interesting side report. If you look at changes since '60 (when
it was just over 50%) you will note that as the %age of o-o-p
expense went down, the costs of healthcare as % of GDP went up. 

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