Minnesota health plans see increased costs in 2012

pioneer press ^ | 4-2-13 | chris snowbeck

[TurboZamboni]

Health care spending in Minnesota is on the rise again.

Per-person spending by the state's nonprofit health insurance companies on medical care during 2012 rose 5.1 percent from the previous year, according data released Monday, April 1, by the Minnesota Council of Health Plans.

That was a significant jump compared with the rate of medical cost inflation during 2010 and 2011, according to the St. Paul-based trade group.

In 2011, for example, the annual increase in per-person spending was 0.4 percent -- likely because some patients delayed elective procedures during the slow economic recovery, experts say.

[TurboZamboni]

Congressional Report: Obamacare Leads to Skyrocketing Premiums, 200 Percent Possible http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/obamacare-healthcare-reform-costs/2013/03/20/id/495564#ixzz2OBTgfnZ4

Study: Health overhaul to raise claims cost 32 percent http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_HEALTH_OVERHAUL_COSTS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2013-03-26-13-32-38

CBO ups health care cost projections http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0510/37081.html

Annual Medicare Fraud: $60 Billion; Annual Profits of Top Ten Insurance Companies: $8 billion http://www.weeklystandard.com/weblogs/TWSFP/2009/10/post_145.asp

INCONCEIVABLE!

[Doogle]

“make it hurt”

[Wolfie]

It’s almost like healthcare costs go up and up every year. I wonder it it’s a trend.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Mustn’t blame Obamacare.

[SusaninOhio]

Surprise, surprise . . . .