Fitch Ratings July 28, 2021
Related Fitch Ratings Content: US Healthcare System Faces Long-Term Cost Implications from Covid-19 (Evolving Chronic Health Issues Could Place Renewed Upward Pressure on Healthcare Costs)
Fitch Ratings-New York: Fitch Ratings expects follow-on health implications related to COVID-19 to continue to drive elevated health system utilization long after the acute phase of the pandemic has concluded, likely leading to increasing costs and higher insurance premiums for decades. These costs will emerge from the necessary addition to mostly outpatient capacity that is expected to come on line as needed to deal with ongoing treatment of chronic conditions related to potentially permanent damage caused by COVID-19.
The magnitude of these effects is currently inestimable, and will include tangential health issues related to deferred...
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