What’s Driving Health Care Costs?
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What’s Driving Health Care Costs? http://masscare.org Universal, Affordable Care for Massachusetts
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What’s Driving Health Care Costs?. Universal, Affordable Care for Massachusetts. http://masscare.org. U.S. Spends Almost Double Next Highest Spending Country. Common Explanations for High Health Care Costs. Inadequate Prevention Behavioral factors High obesity rate High smoking rate - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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What’s Driving Health Care Costs?
http://masscare.org
Universal, Affordable Care for Massachusetts
U.S. Spends Almost Double Next Highest Spending Country
Common Explanations forHigh Health Care Costs
Common Explanations forHigh Health Care Costs
Common Explanations forHigh Health Care Costs
Common Explanations forHigh Health Care Costs
Disease Prevalence:U.S. vs. Peer Countries
Disease Prevalence:U.S. vs. Peer Countries
Disease prevalence
=$57 to $70
billion savings
Nations With UniversalHealth Care Coverage
How Universal Health Care Is Paid For
You Government Fund
Health Care Providers
Fixed Payroll Tax Negotiated Budget
How U.S. Health CareIs Paid For
YouHealth Care Providers
Medicaid
Tufts Medical Insurance
Blue Cross
Medicare
Out-of-Pocket Costs
Premiums
TaxesSeparate contracts
OECD Data, 2010
Insurance Administration Costs
Hospital Administration Costs
OECD, 2010
Brox. et. al. Arch Internal Medicine, 2003
Aortic Aneurysm Repair Costs
U.S. Pays Higher Prices forthe Same Drugs
mt.gov.com, 2010
