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An Overview ofAn Overview ofHealthcare CostsHealthcare Costs
andand
What Are What Are YouYou Going To Do Going To DoAbout Them?About Them?
Our health system research undertaken with generous support from Doug Hall
Executive DirectorNovember 9, 2005
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All of our reportsare available on the web:
www.nhpolicy.orgwww.nhpolicy.org
New Hampshire Center New Hampshire Center for Public Policy Studiesfor Public Policy Studies
Board of Directors
Martin L. Gross, ChairJohn B. AndrewsCotton M. ClevelandJohn D. CrosierTodd I. SeligDonna SytekGeorgie A. ThomasJames E. TibbettsKimon S. Zachos
Executive DirectorDouglas E. Hall
Deputy DirectorStephen A. Norton
“…to raise new ideas and improve policy debates through quality information and analysis on issues shaping New Hampshire’s future.”
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The NH Health Care “System”
• As complex as any ecological system
• Effects are simultaneously causes
• $7.5 billion this year, 16% of the Gross State Product
• Affects everyone
• Growing in size by about 10-12% per year
• Does not differ much from national averages or national trends
• Just about 50% is funded with tax dollars
• Costs are highly concentrated in certain individuals
• Not a market system because there is no access to and little use of price or quality information; supply generates its own demand
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Estimated Personal Health Care Spending in NH, 2005(in $ million)
$2,463
$2,162
$380
$305
$949
$104
$640
$177
$360
Hospital Care
Physicians, Clinics, & Other Professional
ServicesDental Services
Home Health Care
Prescription Drugs
Durable Equipment
Nursing Home Care
Other Personal Health Care Total:
$7,539 million
Other Non-durables
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Projected Personal Health Care Expenditure in NH 2010 (in $ million)
$3,329
$3,044
$525
$449
$1,566
$126
$832
$227
$573
Hospital Care
Physicians, Clinics, & Other Professional
Services
Dental Services
Home Health Care
Prescription Drugs
Durable Equipment
Nursing Home Care
Other Personal Health Care
Total:$11,412 million
Other Non-durables
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NH Health Expenditure as % of Gross State Product (GSP)
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Source: Calculations by Douglas E. Hall, NH Center for Public Policy Studies, based on national projections made by Office of the Actuary, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Washington DC.
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Estimated Source of Funds Personal Health Care in US, 2005
Other Public7%
Medicaid18%
Other Private4%
Medicare19%
Insurance36%
Out-of-Pocket16%
Public Sources
44%
Private Sources
56%
Note: Some of the spending that is categorized as private insurance actually originates from public funds: insurance for teachers, postal employees, and other government workers.
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Health Insurance Status, NH Residents 2003
Purchased insurance6%
Military3%
Medicare12%
Medicaid5%
Uninsured10%
Employer based insurance
64%
Source: 2004 Current Population Survey, US Bureau of the Census, http://pubdb3.census.gov/macro/032005/health/h05_000.htm
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About 130,000 are UninsuredEstimated Number of Uninsured NH Residents, 1999-2004
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Annual estimates from Current Population Survey of the U. S. Census Bureau indicated by filled central markers
1999 & 2001 surveys funded by NH Department of Health & Human Services
95% confidence intervals shown
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Little Change in Last 5 YearsIndex of Population Lacking Health Insurance
(4 month trailing average; 2001 = 100.0)
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For the 2st Quarter 2005, the Index was 98.8
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Insurance Status of New Hampshire Adults, 2003
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
insured now and all yearinsured now, but not all yearuninsured now, insured during yearuninsured all year
6% chronically uninsured13% transitionally insured
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Common View
Insured Uninsured
Realistic View
Insured for what? drug rehab, prescription drugs, mental health, “experimental” procedures, dental, …
How much annual deductible and out-of-pocket?
Pre-existing conditions
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Applicant Insurance Statusin September 2002
at New Hampshire Hospitals(n=1,147)
55%
44%
1%
Uninsured Insured, but had a Balance Due Unknown
This slide from Financial Assistance Application Study, September 2002, NH Health Access Network
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New Hampshire Medicaid Persons by Month
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New Hampshire Private Sector Employees and Health Insurance, 2003416,513 Full Time Employees
Work for firms that do not offer22,888
Firm offers, but ineligible33,034
Have health insurance from employer
288,184
Eligible, but turn down72,046
Data from Medical Expenditure Panel Survey - Insurance Component, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services, 2005. Calculations by NH Center for Public Policy Studies
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New Hampshire Private Sector Employees and Health Insurance, 2003119,437 Part Time Employees
Work for firms that do not offer24,007
Firm offers, but ineligible71,477
Have health insurance from
employer11,905
Eligible, but turn down
12,048
Data from Medical Expenditure Panel Survey - Insurance Component, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services, 2005. Calculations by NH Center for Public Policy Studies
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Private Sector Employees' Health Insurance, New Hampshire 2003
Family Coverage20.7%
2-person Coverage9.2%
Single Coverage26.2%
Work for firms that do not offer
8.8%
Firm offers, but ineligible19.5%
Eligible, but turn down15.7%
Of 536 thousand NH private sector employees, 300 thousand enrolled in their employer's health plan. These included 69.2% of all full-time employees and 10.0% of all part-time employees.
Data from Medical Expenditure Panel Survey - Insurance Component, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services, 2005. Calculations by NH Center for Public Policy Studies
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Differences Differences Among EmployersAmong Employers
Provide many employees a health insurance benefit• Large employers• Manufacturers• High wage and full time employers
Provide few employees a health insurance benefit• Small employers• Construction, retail sales, hospitality• Low wage and part time employers
The former are effectively subsidizing the latter through family policies and cost-shifting by health care providers.
Can you name the employers in your community that are dumping the health care costs of their employees onto you?
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Family Coverage - Average Annual Health Insurance Premium
$0
$2,000
$4,000
$6,000
$8,000
$10,000
$12,000
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Data from Medical Expenditure Panel Survey - Insurance Component, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 95% confidence interval shown for each survey estimate.
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Use of Premiums by 5 NH Health Insurers, 2004
Claims Adjustment5%
Net Underwriting Gain (Loss)
2%General
Administration7%
Outside Referrals1%
ERs & Out of Area3%
Other Professional Services
4%
Pharmacy12% Medical/Hospital
65%
85% of premiums paid for claims while 15% was
administration and profit
Total spending:$1,210,115,847
Based on annual financial reports filed with NH Department of Insurance
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Cost-Shifting
•The allocation of unpaid costs of care delivered to one patient population through above-cost revenue collected from other patient populations.
•For hospitals, nursing facilities and physicians, the historical cause of cost shifting has been below-cost reimbursement rates paid by public programs and uncompensated care losses due to charity care and bad debt.
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Figure 1: Revenue Structure of a Health Care Provider
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If all payers pay 100% of COST, then the provider will break even.(If all pay 104% of cost, the provider will have a 4% operating margin)
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Figure 2: Revenue Structure of a Health Care Provider
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Provider sets CHARGES at 165% of cost in anticipation of negotiated discounts with insurers, fixed payments from public programs, and some care that will be uncompensated.
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Figure 3: Revenue Structure of a Health Care Provider
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Insurers get 30% discount from charges.
Medicare pays 45% less than charges.
Medicaid pays 55% less than charges.
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Figure 4: Revenue Structure of a Health Care Provider
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40% of self-pay revenue is never collected (charity care and bad debt)
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Figure 5: Revenue Structure of a Health Care Provider
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Revenue above 100%
Shortfalls
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Figure 8: Revenue Structure of a 2nd Health Care Provider
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Medicare51%
Medicaid8%
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This provider has a much larger percentage of its patients who are elderly and on Medicare. It has an operating loss of 7.0%
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Figure 9: Revenue Structure of a 2nd Health Care Provider
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This provider could break even if the reimbursement from insurers could be raised from 124% of cost to 147% of cost.
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Figure 10: Revenue Structure of a Health Care Provider
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Hospital Cost-Shifting in 2004(Aggregate of 26 NH Acute Care Hospitals)
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3rd Party Payers (insurance)40%
Medicare40%
Medicaid7%
bad debt & charity
5%
self-pay1%
Total amount cost-shifted: $290 million plusNet operating gain: $153 millionOperating margin: 6.2%
other7%
208%
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Hospital Cost-Shifting in 2004(Exeter Hospital)
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Medicare41%
Medicaid4%
bad debt & charity
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self-pay1%
Total amount cost-shifted: $23,951,928Net operating gain: $14,553,091Operating margin: 11.1%
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Hospital Cost-Shifting in 2004(Franklin Regional Hospital)
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Medicare37%
Medicaid11%
bad debt & charity
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self-pay3%
Total amount cost-shifted: $6,551,028Net operating gain: -$4,683,376Operating margin: -18.8%
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Quantifying the 2004 Cost-Shiftin 26 New Hampshire Hospitals
Actual Revenue
Revenue Needed to Meet
ExpensesExcess
(Shortfall)
ShortfallsMedicare $707,305,021 $833,667,461 -$126,362,440Medicaid $108,727,213 $153,198,319 -$44,471,106Bad/Debt/Charity $0 $114,073,476 -$114,073,476
TOTAL -$284,907,022
SurplusesInsurance $1,183,574,676 $834,901,254 $348,673,422Self-Pay & Other $281,920,905 $174,034,121 $107,886,784
TOTAL $456,560,207
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Hospital Charge $10,000
Cost of Service $4,805Cost-shift surcharge (27.1%) $1,304Operating margin fee (14.6%) $702Claim to be paid $6,812
Claim to pay $6,812Insurer admin/profit (17.6%) $1,202Premium required $8,014
Premium as % of cost of service 167%
Insurance Premium to Pay for Hospital Service, 2004
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Estimated Personal Health Care Spending in NH, 2005(in $ million)
$2,463
$380
$305
$949
$104
$640
$2,162
$360
$177
Hospital Care
Physicians, Clinics, & Other Professional
ServicesDental Services
Home Health Care
Prescription Drugs
Durable Equipment
Nursing Home Care
Other Personal Health Care Total:
$7,539 million
Other Non-durables
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Health Care is NOTA Traditional Market System
• Consumers have limited, if any, access to information on price or quality.
• There are institutional monopolies.• The seller determines what the
consumer will get; supply drives demand.
• Important health care services are often obtained at a time of personal crisis.
• Government regulation and programs alter provider behavior.
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What Are What Are YouYou Going To Do ? Going To Do ?More of the Same?More of the Same?
• Seek cheaper insurance plans including Health Savings Accounts
• Increase co-premiums and co-pays• On turnover, add part-time employees
ineligible for benefits• Drop retiree health benefits
Recognize that these actions do NOT reduce the actual cost of health care; they simply shift it onto someone else. Health care costs will be controlled only when health care providers’ costs are controlled.
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What Are What Are YouYou Going To Going To Do ?Do ?• Support efforts to end direct-to-
consumer drug advertising. Those TV ads work or the drug companies wouldn’t be adding more all the time.
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What Are What Are YouYou Going To Going To Do ?Do ?• Have your local Chamber of
Commerce or trade association create a public list of its members with the number of employees who are and are not offered health insurance benefits by each member. Recognize those that are good citizens and put pressure on those that shift their health care costs onto you.
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What Are What Are YouYou Going To Going To Do ?Do ?• Don’t play cheerleader for new
and improved health services in your community and later complain about the costs. Don’t let local providers “compete” on the basis of adding some technology already available a short distance away.
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What Are What Are YouYou Going To Going To Do ?Do ?• Talk with your state legislators
and the NH Congressional delegation about how below cost payments by Medicare and Medicaid result in a hidden tax on insurance premiums through cost-shifting, increasing your cost of doing business.
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What Are What Are YouYou Going To Going To Do ?Do ?• Insist that health insurers and
local health care providers provide you the list of prices they have agreed to for services so you can make comparisons among providers and among insurers.
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What Are What Are YouYou Going To Going To Do ?Do ?• Support regulations that will
require physician practices, laboratories, ambulatory care centers, and other non-hospital providers to submit annual financial reports. Currently we cannot see inside this major part of the health care system.
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