Consumer Driven Health Care Takes on Rising Health Care Costs

Health care is expected to account for $1 of every $5 spent in the United States in another decade. That means a rise in out-of-pocket expenses, such as the co-pays for medicine, from about $850 this year to about $1,400 in 2016, a 5.3 percent annual increase. The cost of health insurance is projected to rise even more quickly during that same time to 6.4 percent annually. Over the coming decade, spending on health care will continue to outpace the overall economy.

New York Times interview with Kate Sullivan, director of health care policy at the United States Chamber of Commerce stated “Workplace coverage is becoming unaffordable for many employers and employees.” The average cost to employers rose by an average of $6,227 per employee in 2003, according to a study released by Hewitt Associates.

Census: More Americans Are Losing Coverage

Earlier–On September 30, 2006 the front pages of The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post all delivered the bad news from the Census: The number of Americans lacking health insurance climbed by 5.7 percent in 2002, to 43.6 million—the largest single increase in a decade. Diane Rowland, vice president of the Kaiser Family Foundation and executive director of the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, testified before Congress on the fragile state of American Health Care.

The health care crisis in the US is a major concern nationwide. Consumers are looking for alternatives. A rapidly expanding industry, Consumer Driven Health Care (CDHC) is revolutionizing health care. AmeriPlanUSA–The leading CDHC company emphatically states, “This is not an insurance plan but a benefit plan”. They offer reduced prices on services such as dental, eye care, prescription drugs and medical services. Reductions of 50% to 80% are not unheard of.

Advocating for reduced prices produces savings for the under insured and the uninsured alike. Representatives are being interviewed as the nationwide Work-from-Home system expands rapidly. Ingeniously, an affiliate can save money or make money or both. AmeriPlanUSA® is one of the Best Business Opportunities today.