Advertisement - Members don't see this ad
Slate has an interesting story today: http://www.slate.com/id/2208221/
It says higher co-pays and high-deductible health plans have changed the health-care economy, making it subject to slow-downs during a recession for the first time.
Part of the evidence of this is that the number of prescriptions filled between Jan. 1, 2008, and Aug. 31, 2008, actually DROPPED for the first time in a decade in comparison to the same time frame the year before.
And that was August. It wasn't until October that the real economic fun started.
I'm starting to get a jittery feeling. Aren't y'all?
It says higher co-pays and high-deductible health plans have changed the health-care economy, making it subject to slow-downs during a recession for the first time.
Part of the evidence of this is that the number of prescriptions filled between Jan. 1, 2008, and Aug. 31, 2008, actually DROPPED for the first time in a decade in comparison to the same time frame the year before.
And that was August. It wasn't until October that the real economic fun started.
I'm starting to get a jittery feeling. Aren't y'all?
