Discuss how the concepts of premium, covered services, and cost sharing apply to health insurance. Please provide healthcare examples.
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Consider a relatively simple health insurance plan with the following provisions. Office visits require a co-payment of $45. Emergency room visits have a $270 co-payment. Surgical operations have a $1,800 deductible (the first $1,800 is paid out of pocket). The monthly premium is $350. During a one-year period, somebody insured by this health insurance has the expenses shown to the right. Complete parts (a) and (b) below. Expenses | Total Cost Feb. 18: Office visit | $100 Mar. 26: Emergency room | $650 Apr. 23: Office visit | $100 May 14: Surgery | $10,000 July 1: Office visit | $100 Sept. 23: Emergency room | $950 a. Determine the person's health care expenses for the year with the insurance policy. The person's health care expenses with the insurance policy are $. (Type a whole number.) b. Determine the person's health care expenses for the year without the insurance policy. The person's health care expenses without the insurance policy are $. (Type a whole number.)
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Consider how health insurance affects the quantity of healthcare services performed. Suppose that the typical medical procedure has a cost of \$100, yet a person with health insurance pays only \$20 out of pocket. Her insurance company pays the remaining \$80. (The insurance company recoups the \$80 through premiums, but the premium a person pays does not depend on how many procedures that person chooses to undertake.) a. Draw the demand curve in the market for medical care. (In your diagram, the horizontal axis should represent the number of medical procedures.) Show the quantity of procedures demanded if each procedure has a price of \$100. b. On your diagram, show the quantity of procedures demanded if consumers pay only \$20 per procedure. If the cost of each procedure to society is truly \$100, and if individuals have health insurance as described above, will the number of procedures performed maximize total surplus Explain. c. Economists often blame the health insurance system for excessive use of medical care. Given your analysis, why might the use of care be viewed as "excessive"? d. What sort of policies might prevent this excessive use?
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