Fierce Health Payers January 27, 2020
Medicare beneficiaries see the largest return on the money they pay for their healthcare, a new study shows.
Meanwhile, people with employer-sponsored plans see the least amount of value for what they pay into the healthcare system, researchers at RAND Corporation found.
The analysts combed five data sources to paint a picture of how health spending impacts different income brackets and different types of coverage. In Medicare, for example, as older people tend to use the most healthcare services, they get the biggest return for what they spend on their care.
People enrolled in Medicaid see the largest value return as a portion of income, according to the study, as they’re typically in the lowest income brackets....
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