KarenZupko & Associates Inc. – September 2015
by Cheryl Toth, MBA

Patient deductibles and financial responsibilities are skyrocketing. According to a 2014 survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation, 80% of all workers now have annual deductibles, and the average deductible amount has doubled over the last eight years. The study showed that today’s annual deductibles average $1,217 for employer-offered individual coverage. Deductibles for families are much higher, averaging $2,328 for HMOs and $1,947 for PPOs. And Affordable Care Act (ACA) plans could have deductibles of more than $2,500 for individual coverage and more than $5,000 for families.

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