How Our Health Insurance Dollar is Split up
A recent report prepared by PriceWaterHouseCoopers and released by AHIP breaks down how each dollar that is spent by Americans on health insurance is broken down.
According to the report:
- $0.33 is spent on physicians services
- $0.20 is spent on inpatient costs
- $0.15 is spent on outpatient costs
- $0.14 is spent on drugs
- $0.05 is spent on other medical services
- $0.06 is spent on government payments, compliance & other administrative expenses
- $0.04 is spent on consumer services, provider support & marketing
- $0.03 health insurance company profits
The Complete report can be found here http://www.americanhealthsolution.org/assets/Uploads/risinghealthcarecostsfactors2008.pdf
