Premiums Without Benefits, 1990: The Decade-long Growth in Commercial Health Insurance Industry Waste and Inefficiency |
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122 percent administration and profit administrative costs administrative spending amount Association of America Blue Cross/Blue Shield Canada Canadian national health CATHERWOOD LIBRARY cents on administration cents to deliver claims paid increased collected in premiums commercial health insurance commercial insurance companies commercial insurance industry cost of private cost per dollar deliver a dollar denied coverage denying claims doctors and hospitals dollar of benefits dollar of claims excess premiums-to-claims ratio expense ratio expense-to-premiums ratio Health Care Financing health care system Health Insurance Association health insurance industry individual policies Insurance Industry Expenses insurance industry inefficiency insurance industry spent loss ratio marketing and overhead marketing expenses Medicare system national health system Overhead and Marketing overhead expenses Overview paperwork paying claims percent increase policy cost policy holders pre-existing conditions premium increases Private Health Insurance private insurance industry Prudential public program saved $16.2 billion single payer system spent 68.2 cents types of policies Waste and Inefficiency