US Spends 20 Percent of All Healthcare Resources on 1 Percent Chronically Ill Population

The US spends 20 percent of all healthcare resources on 1 percent chronically ill population. This was reported by ama-assn.org.

One-fifth of all healthcare spending in the US is consumed by 1% of the entire population, according to federal data.

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The patients who avail of the services are the elderly. They have private insurance, are white and female. They may have cancer, diabetes, heart disease and other serious chronic conditions. Many have multiple health problems, and are not looked after by their relatives.

Caring for them costs more than 20% of national resources spent on all health care, as they are the most expensive 1% patients in the US.

In contrast, the least costly half of all patients are associated with only 3% of total health spending, according to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality analysis of spending data.

6 Million American Children Have No Health Insurance
Many US insurers stopped offering individual coverage for children after the 2010 health care overhaul as no child could be refused on the grounds of pre-existing diseases.

Health systems are, however, trying to reduce the imbalance.

US Gives 10 More States $230 Million for Health Insurance Exchange
Ten more states in the US will receive a total of $230 million in grants, the federal government said today.

Source-Medindia

Law Permits Unreasonable Health Insurance Rate Hike in Texas
Unreasonable and unquestioned increases in health insurance rates can happen in Texas under the 2010 federal health care reform law.