The cost of maybe illness and fake medical care

About 16% of the adult population strongly disagree that they “only see physicians for serious illness or injuries.” This means these people go for minor ailments or concerns. This 16% generate $500 to $1,500 more in paid claims per person per year than those who agree with the statement. That’s somewhere in the neighborhood of $1.7 billion dollars year in health care spending caused by folks because they have a lower trigger point of when they decide it’s time to see the doctor.

 

I don’t mind my insurance premiums paying for the treatment of illness or injury, but it angers me that my health insurance premiums are higher than they need to be because they are paying for the care of people who just feel like going to the doctor just because something might be wrong. But the thing that really raises my blood pressure is that lots of doctors are happy to see these people, charge them for an office visit, and then give them a prescription for fake medicine to make the feel better.

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