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Re:Typical U.S. full-time salary would be $102k if wages had... by qppo on Sunday September 27, 2020 @11:29AM (#24607355)
It wouldn't surprise me if an aging and extremely unhealthy population was a contributing factor. We have a 42% prevalence of obesity among adults (1), median age grew in the new millennium (2).

And ironically, smokers die so fast that they cost less money than non smokers to support in the healthcare system, so the decline in tobacco usage has probably contributed to rising insurance costs.

I guess my point is that there are tangible changes to our society that contribute to skyrocketing healthcare costs.

(1) https://www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/adult.html

(2) https://www.statista.com/statistics/241494/median-age-of-the...

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Re:Typical U.S. full-time salary would be $102k if wages had... by apta on Sunday September 27, 2020 @10:49PM (#24612483)
Insurance almost surely contributed to increased costs. Hospitals inflate costs because they want to charge more money to the insurance providers, and they get away with it.
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Re:Typical U.S. full-time salary would be $102k if wages had... by giantg2 on Monday September 28, 2020 @06:59AM (#24615306)
That is true.

Part of that is also because they need to cover costs of the people who don't pay and also pay for all the special billing people and lawyers required to deal with insurance and people who don't pay.

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