PaymentsSource August 1, 2019
In an age where consumers can use mobile phones for metro transit rides, order ahead coffee and digital person-to-person payments, it seems strange to be writing a paper check and mailing it to pay a doctor’s bill.
According to the U.S. government agency Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the total amount spent on health care payments in 2017 by consumers, businesses and the government was $3.5 trillion — or $10,739 per person and — accounted for 17.9% of the GDP.
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