Will Rising Out-of-Pocket Costs Drive More Patients to Urgent Care?

Will Rising Out-of-Pocket Costs Drive More Patients to Urgent Care?

Employers and insurers can expect to see a 6% increase in healthcare costs in 2019, according to the Medical Cost Trend report just released by PwC. If that’s the case, rest assured they won’t just be eating the cost, but passing the bump along to employees and plan members. Given that 12% of wages are presumed to go toward healthcare, all concerned parties will be looking to do more with less—which may make urgent care …

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