| Title: | Freedonia Focus on Health Care Insurance |
| Price: | $500.00 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 01, 2008 |
| Abstract: | This report discusses US health care insurance for the years 2002 and 2007, with forecasts for 2012. Topics covered include market size, health care funding by source, private funding sources, public funding sources, health care insurance premiums, health care cost controls, market environment, health care funding forecasts, industry composition and leading participants. Types of health care funding include private funding (private health insurance, and out-of-pocket and other private funding) and public funding (Medicare, Medicaid and other public funding). This 21 page report also includes a highlights summary and a resources section. |
| Brief Excerpt: | ...Private and public health care funding in the US is expected to grow #.# percent per year between #### a nd #### to $#.## trillio n. Gains will be driven by Medicaid funding as more, par ticularly older, indigent patients, rely on this type of insurance to pay for their medical co sts. By ####, Medicaid funding will surpass that of Medicare, becoming the largest public source of health care funds. National health expenditur es are projected to acc ount for ##.# percent of the gross domestic product in ####, up from ##.# percent in ####. Private health insuranc e is expect ed to account for the largest share of health care funding in ####, ## percent, due to the continuing pop ularity of managed c are plans. Good opportunities will exist for hybrid plans, such as physician-owned health plans; and consumer-directed plans that include health savi ngs accounts. Health ins urance premiums have been rising since the mid-####s due to insurance c ompany underwriting... |
| Word Count: | 8075 |
| Length: | 22 Pages |
| Industry: | Miscellaneous & Service Industries |
| SIC: | 6324 |
| NAICS: | 524114 |
| Company(ies): | Aetna Incorporated, UnitedHealth Group Incorporated, WellPoint Incorporated |
| Ticker(s): | AET, UNH, WLP |
| Country(ies): | United States, US |
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