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New report finds medical costs to rise 8.5 percent in 2012

"U.S. employers can expect an 8.5 percent increase in their medical costs next year due in some part to the healthcare reform law, the consulting firm PwC said in a report Wednesday.

The widely read annual report on cost trends points to three main drivers of healthcare costs, two of which are exacerbated by the new law.

At the same time, PwC said the law will have a "minimal effect" on 2012 prices because the provisions that go into effect before 2014 are "small changes for which employers already have fully accounted."

Still, the consulting firm said employers will have to work with health insurers and providers to ensure better care and pricing as the law is implemented further.

"Health reform is pressuring employers, providers, insurers and pharmaceutical manufacturers to be more cost-conscious and accountable for costs, quality and performance," PwC's Michael Galper said in a statement, "and they will need to work together to provide better, coordinated care, greater transparency in pricing and more patient-friendly practices."

When I was in the business of selling major medical insurance policies, the rates were jumping from 15% to 30% EVERY FUCKING YEAR El Baldo and you do know what effect compounding has, do you not?

That's about when large numbers of individuals started going without any coverage at all.

Wonder who we should thank for that....

Kennedy, Johnson, Carter, or Clinton I'm sure.




Baldy, time to try and conserve what pitifully microscopic sliver of credibility that you might or might not still possess.

Wedgebuster wrote:When I was in the business of selling major medical insurance policies, the rates were jumping from 15% to 30% EVERY FUCKING YEAR El Baldo and you do know what effect compounding has, do you not?

That's about when large numbers of individuals started going without any coverage at all.

Wonder who we should thank for that....

Kennedy, Johnson, Carter, or Clinton I'm sure.




Baldy, time to try and conserve what pitifully microscopic sliver of credibility that you might or might not still possess.

But, but, but this new Obamacare thingy is supposed to make our health care cheaper.



Since you have so much experience navigating these boards with no credibility whatsoever, please do me a favor and send me a PM so you can give me a few pointers.

Baldy wrote:

Wedgebuster wrote:When I was in the business of selling major medical insurance policies, the rates were jumping from 15% to 30% EVERY FUCKING YEAR El Baldo and you do know what effect compounding has, do you not?

That's about when large numbers of individuals started going without any coverage at all.

Wonder who we should thank for that....

Kennedy, Johnson, Carter, or Clinton I'm sure.




Baldy, time to try and conserve what pitifully microscopic sliver of credibility that you might or might not still possess.

But, but, but this new Obamacare thingy is supposed to make our health care cheaper.



Since you have so much experience navigating these boards with no credibility whatsoever, please do me a favor and send me a PM so you can give me a few pointers.

Just kill the shill before you kill the thrill El Bald one, make us want to open your posts.

Wedgebuster wrote:

Baldy wrote:
But, but, but this new Obamacare thingy is supposed to make our health care cheaper.



Since you have so much experience navigating these boards with no credibility whatsoever, please do me a favor and send me a PM so you can give me a few pointers.

Just kill the shill before you kill the thrill El Bald one, make us want to open your posts.

That's nice, but the post only contained an excerpt of the article and a smilie.

If you have a problem with the shill killin' your thrill, contact the person who wrote the article.

Baldy wrote:

Wedgebuster wrote:
Just kill the shill before you kill the thrill El Bald one, make us want to open your posts.

That's nice, but the post only contained an excerpt of the article and a smilie.

If you have a problem with the shill killin' your thrill, contact the person who wrote the article.

Yeah, it's the puke that penned the puke's fault, not the one that spread it.