Chronic illnesses dominate health insurance
From the federal Agency for Healthcare Research News and Numbers:
About two of every three adult Americans under age 65 covered by public insurance from 2005 to 2006 had at least one chronic illness, such as diabetes, heart disease, and kidney disease, says the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
In addition:
• 57 percent of people with private insurance and 36 percent of the uninsured had one or more chronic ailments, such as diabetes, heart disease, and kidney disease.
• People who had two or more chronic illnesses accounted for 45 percent of the publicly insured, 32 percent of the privately insured and 17 percent of the uninsured.
• Health expenditures for treatment of chronic conditions for adults with two or more such conditions averaged $6,455 for public insurance compared with $1,987 for the uninsured and $3,598 for people with private insurance.
• However, publicly insured persons with two or more chronic illnesses had lower average annual out-of-pocket expenses than a similar uninsured person ($708 vs. $1,040).
• Chronic diseases accounted for 57 percent of medical care spending for adults who only had public insurance, 46 percent for the privately insured, and 47 percent for the uninsured.
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