Doc Dues: Healthcare Costs Continue Steady Rise

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
The average employer sponsored healthcare plan is expected to rise
by nearly six percent next year, the third straight year
of at least a five percent increase. The report cites
fewer healthcare workers and hospitals, but healthcare analyst David Blott
says it goes beyond that.

Speaker 2 (00:12):
The annual reports of the insurers themselves. They're showing massive
profits on an annual basis. For them to blame only
the healthcare providers is just not honest. They themselves are
contributing to the increases in the premiums and the overall
costs of health care.

Speaker 1 (00:27):
He believes costs will continue to rise because of too
many middlemen getting between the doctor and patient. Corey Jolson
News Radio seven forty KTRH