Mar 27 2008
How Much Will Health Care Cost When it’s Free?
Great Column in the Tribune today:
Who really pays for health care?
By Ezekiel J. Emanuel and Victor R. Fuchs
Who really pays for health care in the United States?
Americans believe employers pay the bulk of workers’ premiums, government pays for Medicare, Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program and individuals pay some premiums as well as deductibles and co-pays. This is wrong. Business, government and individuals do not share the financial responsibility for health coverage. Individuals bear the full cost of health care through lower wages and taxes. . .[read more]
Dr. Ezekiel J. Emanuel is chair of the department of bioethics at The Clinical Center of the National Institutes of Health. Victor R. Fuchs is a professor of economics (emeritus) at Stanford University.
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