Healthcare Education and Q&A Thread

[Schneed10]

Originally Posted by firstdown

We know that the goverment does provide health ins to people today. Do we know what the goverment pays on average for health coverage v/s private ins?

You mean what they pay on behalf of the employees who work for them?

My father works for the federal government, I know he has the federal insurance program through Blue Cross. I can ask him what his premium is and get back to you.

Or did you mean what Medicare pays the hospital on behalf of people enrolled in Medicare?

I know for our hospitals, it works out to 42% less than what commercial insurance companies pay us on behalf of their patients.