Video: Health Care by the Numbers
Posted in Economics, Government, Social Issues, Video | 1 views • No Comments »- In the past decade, Insurance premiums paid by Americans have increased by 131%.
- In 2004, 18% of insured Americans had medical bill problems. That’s up from 14% in 2001.
- This year on average a family of four spent $17,000 on health care. That’s 19% of the family’s total income.
- In 2019, that figure is expected to climb to $39,000 per year, which is 31% of the average family income.
- Some insurance companies charge women 48% more than men due to their gender rating.
- In the current system, the average cost of a pregnancy with no complication is $7,500.
- 27% of women who had health problems requiring a medical attention were unable to see a doctor, compared to 21 percent of men.
- Health insurance companies in some areas charge seniors 11 times more than younger Americans.
- 41 states do not even limit the amount that insurance companies can charge based on age in the individual market.
- The average American age 50 to 64 has a credit card debt of $2,000 due to medical needs.
- 17.4% of insurance claims filed by individuals age 50 to 54 were rejected in 2006
- 22.3% of insurance claims filed by individuals age 55 to 59 were rejected in 2006
- 28.7% of insurance claims filed by individuals age 60 to 64 were rejected in 2006
- 16% of uninsured Americans are children.
- 7.3 million children were uninsured in 2008.
- On average, doctors spend 43 minutes per day dealing with insurance companies, and roughly 142 hours per year.
- Physicians in America waste $31 billion per year in time lost due to dealing with insurance companies. On average, that’s $68,274 per physician per year.
- Waste and inefficiencies in our health care system cost us $800 billion each year.
- In 2008 46.3 million Americans were without health insurance. That’s 700,000 more than in 2007, and nearly 8 million more than in 2000.
For more information on these statistics and the status of Healthcare in the United States, please visit www.americanprogress.org
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