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08-24-2010, 07:53 AM
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Cost of Health Care Continues to Rise
Health benefit brokers surveyed see health care costs in 2011 continuing to rise. The small group market will continue to see double - digit cost increases, while medium to large groups will be on the high side single digit to double - digit.
http://www.shrm.org/hrdisciplines/be...Rates2011.aspx
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08-24-2010, 08:08 AM
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take the profit out of healthcare
our system is archaic and inhumane
and while we are on the subject, jail big pharma executives
I am sure you agree whell
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08-24-2010, 08:15 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by noonereal
take the profit out of healthcare
our system is archaic and inhumane
and while we are on the subject, jail big pharma executives
I am sure you agree whell
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Yeah, that'll fix it good!
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08-24-2010, 11:19 AM
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Originally Posted by whell
Yeah, that'll fix it good!
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why not share your wisdom on the subject?
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08-24-2010, 11:50 AM
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why not share your wisdom on the subject?
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What would you like to know? Health care delivery, health insurance and coverage, and legislative health reform covers a lot of territory. I work in an area related to delivery of group health insurance to smal and medium - sized businesses, so it is an area of interest.
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08-24-2010, 11:59 AM
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let's start slow, what do you think of the current state of healthcare?
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08-24-2010, 08:29 AM
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I can't understand why the powers that be are so eager to kiss the arse of big pharma, they are all based off-shore. The only reason they maintain a presence here is for access to the research of NIH. The major reason for the rising cost of drugs has SFA to do with research. The increase is to cover advertising - four or five pages in every issue of major magazines - endless TV commercials, and executive salaries. What have they come up with of late besides skippy stiffeners.
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08-24-2010, 09:12 AM
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Originally Posted by merrylander
I can't understand why the powers that be are so eager to kiss the arse of big pharma, they are all based off-shore. The only reason they maintain a presence here is for access to the research of NIH. The major reason for the rising cost of drugs has SFA to do with research. The increase is to cover advertising - four or five pages in every issue of major magazines - endless TV commercials, and executive salaries. What have they come up with of late besides skippy stiffeners.
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You forgot to mention the extra bribery expenses last year.
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D-Ray
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08-24-2010, 09:30 AM
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You forgot to mention the extra bribery expenses last year.
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D-Ray
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Yup! Paying lobbyists a million a day and lord knows how much in "campaign contributions" put a real dent in their bottom line so you can't really blame them for raising premiums again. I mean, otherwise the CEOs might be looking at the dire prospect of living on the south side of a billion a year.
John
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08-24-2010, 10:15 AM
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Another big problem is how slowly reforms are being phased in. For consumers, that was a very expensive compromise. The lobbyists served their clients well by giving them a couple of extra years of price gouging to pad their bankroll. I know our experience has been that each year we pay more for less coverage. It would be cost prohibitive to retain the coverage that we had, so we increase co-pays or deductibles to try and maintain a reasonable monthly nut.
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D-Ray
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