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<blockquote data-quote="Bagels" data-source="post: 1111310" data-attributes="member: 43436"><p><strong>Educate </strong>yourself.</p><p></p><p>- Medical bills drive more than 60% of personal bankruptcies</p><p>- Per capita health care spending rose from $1100 in 1980 ($2875 in 2010 dollars) to $8402 by 2010</p><p>- About 20% of private sector employees contributed toward their health insurance in 1980 v. 95% by 2010. </p><p>- Average family contribution in 2010 exceeded $4,000 vs. just a few hundred dollars in 1980.</p><p>- Health care premiums have nearly doubled since 2001 (no outliers)</p><p>- In 1980, 94% of FT private sector employees were offered health insurance (91% participation) vs. 71% (51% participation) in 2010.</p><p>- % PT employees being offered health insurance is in the single digits, and the ranks of PT has soared over the past 30 years, with more than half either working two jobs or the equivalent of FT hours.</p><p>- The % of people with pre-existing conditions (cancer, HIV, etc.) able to get insurance from the secondary market is in the single digits.</p><p></p><p>(This doesn't cover the burden of un/underinsured persons on county/government hospitals...)</p><p></p><p>The problem is that our society expects employers to care about their employee's health... with is an unfair burden on the employer, which is mostly interested in maximizing profits.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bagels, post: 1111310, member: 43436"] [B]Educate [/B]yourself. - Medical bills drive more than 60% of personal bankruptcies - Per capita health care spending rose from $1100 in 1980 ($2875 in 2010 dollars) to $8402 by 2010 - About 20% of private sector employees contributed toward their health insurance in 1980 v. 95% by 2010. - Average family contribution in 2010 exceeded $4,000 vs. just a few hundred dollars in 1980. - Health care premiums have nearly doubled since 2001 (no outliers) - In 1980, 94% of FT private sector employees were offered health insurance (91% participation) vs. 71% (51% participation) in 2010. - % PT employees being offered health insurance is in the single digits, and the ranks of PT has soared over the past 30 years, with more than half either working two jobs or the equivalent of FT hours. - The % of people with pre-existing conditions (cancer, HIV, etc.) able to get insurance from the secondary market is in the single digits. (This doesn't cover the burden of un/underinsured persons on county/government hospitals...) The problem is that our society expects employers to care about their employee's health... with is an unfair burden on the employer, which is mostly interested in maximizing profits. [/QUOTE]
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