Honest question to all... We folks are paying crazy fees for coverage, not helping us.... I know many Dr’s, they too are crying poor. Fact is a Dr friend just got laid off, why, hospitals are (in my area anyway) closing the field offices that housed the Primary Care Dr’s. Again, in my area. The same Dr’s just a few years ago they bought out of their Family, individual Practices. Then just where is all this money going???
To cover people who were previously not economically insurable. Two groups-- pre-existing conditions and uninsured poor (who are now subsidized) with poor health (think junkies, AIDS, etc). They were the ones who signed up for this, so you suddenly have a pool that has far too many sick people, and not just sick, EXPENSIVELY sick, with fewer healthy people. Result: The death spiral that conservatives predicted-- rates keep going up, driving out relatively healthy people, some of whom become part of the problem by signing up AFTER they get an expensive health problem.
Great question. Where does all the money go. I know doctors and health care administrators and all I hear is they don’t have enough money and YET I see hospitals springing up everywhere.
Where does all the money go? More than 1/7 th of the economy now. Where does it all go. In the last four years I’ve paid more than $50,000 in premiums and not received one penny in benefits.
This year I’ll pay over $20,000 in premiums and will have to pay another $7,000 before I can receive one penny in benefits. Seems awfully out of balance to me.