A recently released report has highlighted the rising financial burden on Utah families due to rising health care costs. Over 25% Utah residents will end up spending more than 10% of their monthly pretax income on health care needs alone in 2009, according to the report from Families USA. And these figures include only those who already have health insurance cover.
Titled ‘Utah Health Policy Project’ cites the actual expenditures as proof to the contention that health insurance is seriously impacting families’ monthly budgets.
Jessica Kendrick, project’s community engagement director cautions in a news release, “There is a serious need for comprehensive national health system reforms to preempt the situation where the families will struggle to meet expenses related to mortgage, groceries, and other basic necessities.”
The report concluded that a single Utah family spends way beyond 10% of their monthly pretax budget on health care.
Citing his own example, Steven Rosenberg said, “As a family, we end up spending anywhere between $12,000-$15,000 annually on health care.”
The report also found that the health care costs get dearer in Utah faster than any other State in the country. The costs have increased by 4.3% in the State since 2000, faster than anywhere else in the country.
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One reason health insurance is screwed up is because they make the copays too low. If people had to spend a $100 to see a doctor you would not see people running for every sniffle, like now. Also, if the govt wants to regulate something, regulate how much drug companies can charge. That would solve alot of issues.
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